Started by GEWALTMONOPOL, March 22, 2011, 02:32:31 PM
Quote from: deathcamp on August 24, 2014, 03:48:05 PMI don't understand that they don't press more copies. Or is it a conscious approach to keep their cult status?
Quote from: RG on August 26, 2014, 03:32:58 AMTo further hammer on the complaints about the quantities of GO vinyl pressings...I find it interesting that they press 500 copies of that recent GO/Grey Wolves 12". Seems like THAT one should get 250-300 copies and other stuff like this new archive release and the recent live LP should get 500. Oh well.
Quote from: Ritual on August 28, 2014, 11:28:38 AMBy making too few, they will at least sell them, and get the money back to invest in the next thing.
Quote from: Ritual on August 28, 2014, 11:28:38 AMand the records will just sit on shelves for years
Quote from: Zeno Marx on August 28, 2014, 08:34:38 PMQuote from: Ritual on August 28, 2014, 11:28:38 AMand the records will just sit on shelves for yearsIn my opinion, that is sort of the point of a label, particularly in the case of reissues. Learning to gauge your demand so you can keep things in stock for at least a couple years. The manufacturing costs between 250 and 500 copies is small. Selling another 25-40 copies will pay for the additional 250 copies (in the example of a pressing of 500 rather than 250).
Quote from: Ritual on August 28, 2014, 10:11:03 PMIt depends on if you want the money back quickly or spread out over a lengthy period. If they pressed a large enough edition to last a while, I don't think 300 people would rush and buy it on pre-order in a few days after it was announced. A lot of people would focus their spending money on other things as you could always get this "later". Next month it would easily be the same, and so on... I hate the fact that it is like this, but with the amount of stuff that gets released all the time I can understand why labels do this.