[kj] A Better option

[Steve Hackett]

yeah
and they could have bought them round personally and as you popped it into 
the sound surround system they could have run through some witty anecdotes 
from the studio.
Wouldnt have added much to the cost...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 9:52 PM
Subject: [kj] A Better option


> It would nt of taken much effort for either Jaz ,Geordie, Raven or Youth 
> to
> go into the studio and remix it themselves.
>     I would have liked to of seen ,that with each re-release album they
> added an extra  DVD disc with either a live (visual) version or footage
> taken from a T.V appearance of each song.The expense to do this would nt 
> be
> great and the extra profit made from shifting more units would easily 
> cover
> the initial outlay.
>     They could have done this with each album and turned it into a
> collectable box-set,charting 26 years of KJ history.
>     With a bit of thought and effort ,We could have been looking forward 
> to
> some thing really memorable instead of run-of-the-mill re-releases with
> limited appeal.
>          PW
> And apologies to Andy and Fat if i made them feel in any way inferior with
> my tripod references.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Moltesen" <moltesen at freenetname.co.uk>
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] Re-Releases
>
>
>> I have to say I'm getting just a tad pissed off with all this re release
>> business, what with 4 of my favourite bands currently (or just about to
> have
>> their back catalogue reissued) New Model Army, the Cure,  Van der Graaf
>> Generator and now KJ. I bought the original vinyl, I bought the original
> CD
>> issues and now I've got to buy the f***ing things again. (Alright I know
>> that theres nothing forcing me to buy them, other than a sad compulsion
> for
>> completeness for my collection).
>>
>> Whilst I accept that Democracy might benefit from a bit of tweeking, I
> would
>> much rather see a seperate disc of rarities being issued rather than
> having
>> to buy stuff that I already have (twice over in some cases) with a couple
> of
>> extras just tacked on the end.
>>
>> And still they tell us that its illegal file sharing thats killing music.
>> Yeah right.
>>
>> rant over
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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