Thank you for your response.
Sadly, when an independent business becomes successful it is often tantamount to placing a "come & buy me"
sign on the web-site or building - almost as if there is a law against the variety and originality which is offered
by such companies (especially in the recording industry). As far as back catalogues are concerned, Warners,
for one, appear to have adopted a policy of mining the extensive vaults they have acquired and also investing
in re-mastering those classics to show the performances in a slightly better light. Clearly, the treasures that
reside in those back-catalogues depend on the people at the companies concerned.
Regarding Nick Barnard's preference for physical media, I fear that will become almost impossible, looking at
the company involved in this transaction.
You also make a very valid - often missed point - about the implications for the employees of such labels on
these occasions. As for 'major shake up' I think much of what has been recorded earlier will inevitably become
'the golden era', if it hasn't already for many people.
John, you are probably already aware of this but I would just mention - after reading your Déjà Review of the
Frank Bridge disc by Sir Charles Groves & the RLPO, and following the link to Presto there was a further link by
them to a disc "Rule Britannia!" recorded in the same year (1976) by those same forces.
Their Pomp & Circumstance March... music for which the phrase 'stirring stuff' is surely appropriate!
(May not be your cup of Earl Grey, but I thought I'd mention it)
regards
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