Comments on: CD Review: “The Stone Roses” (20th-Anniversary Reissues)

By: Microzide

Microzide — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:44:51 +0000

Microzide…

“Anniversary editions” of an album rarely stand up to the hype. It’s as if the rec [...]…

By: ianbrown

ianbrown — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:41:03 +0000

Sony never sent you the remastered version of the album to review, you're a liar.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:41:00 +0000

Sony never sent you the remastered version of the album to review, you’re a liar.

By: mojo

mojo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:13:43 +0000

By the way, I realized just a couple days ago that “Elephant Stone” is not on the 20th anniv remaster…but they have the 12″ and demo of it…what gives, I asked Sony. A spokesperson confirmed a suspicion I had when posing the question: It wasn't on the UK version of the album…and the UK division is responsible for the project.

By: Arend Anton

Arend Anton — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:44:52 +0000

EMI has been doing a lot of similar stuff with Radiohead's catalog, now that their contract is over.

And Mojo, I have to say that “Tears” is probably more like the Roses “Stairway to Heaven.” At least in a literal, Jimmy Page-esque way.

By: mojo

mojo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:51:08 +0000

I also think eBay has proven to the labels that there is a huge collector market out there that isn't interested in paying $20,000 for a concert-worn outfit by a band member or some item crucial to their history...but would pay $100 for smaller thises, thats, and the other things.

I wish I knew how many of these collector edition boxes will actually be produced vs those that sell.

They have to be producing them as they go along, and not manufacturing 100,000 right off...right?

By: jefito

jefito — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:58:07 +0000

Sony's as greedy as any other corporation, but I have to say, Legacy has done right by their reissues for the last several years. They've come a long, long way from the early '90s, when they were just shitting out reprints.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:16:16 +0000

The mega-set probably represents Sony getting greed(ier) more than anything else. Pearl Jam's Ten mega-set represented something I don't think has happened before: a bonus track, usually a fluffy throwaway to justify a higher pricetag, actually became a hit. Forget that “Brother” represented something Pearl Jam fans really, really wanted – namely a “new” Pearl Jam track with the fire of their Ten era songs.

Now for ultra hardcore Stone Roses fans, that need for the megabox may be a foregone conclusion. Still, the cynic in me says that Sony's fishing for another big one in the same waters, which is an absurd marketing decision as Pearl Jam and The Stone Roses, while both beloved, are on vastly different recognition strata.