http://www.rueplumet.com/2005/08/16/import-cds-with-extra-tracks/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:40:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.rueplumet.com/2005/08/16/import-cds-with-extra-tracks/#comment-88 neonemo Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:13:29 +0000 http://www.55rueplumet.com/2005/08/16/import-cds-with-extra-tracks/#comment-88 Extra tracks on foreign releases exist for at least several reasons. First, it does indeed help spur US consumption of the foreign product. Second, it helps to identify a release in a distinctive way (for copyright purposes). Third, it is often (at least for smaller artists) a necessary part of the contract...that is, the foreign recording company wants something extra / special / distinctive to give them an extra ability to promote the album. And fourth (and no doubt not last), while the CD single has mostly gone the way of the carrier pigeon in the US, they are still widely produced in other countries (or at least they were until recently). Extra tracks on foreign releases exist for at least several reasons. First, it does indeed help spur US consumption of the foreign product. Second, it helps to identify a release in a distinctive way (for copyright purposes). Third, it is often (at least for smaller artists) a necessary part of the contract…that is, the foreign recording company wants something extra / special / distinctive to give them an extra ability to promote the album. And fourth (and no doubt not last), while the CD single has mostly gone the way of the carrier pigeon in the US, they are still widely produced in other countries (or at least they were until recently).

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