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Originally Posted by Craig in Indy  They did the same thing, at least here in the States, with the initial CD release of Living in the Past. Some record company exec (no doubt) decided they had to keep the 2-LP set to a single CD. Really p*ssed me off. |
Some marketing strategies, what more can be said!
Whether the decision was made on an executive or corporate level it may not exactly be a smart choice (unless perhaps to possibly enhance sales to some unique features on or inside of particular album jackets). I've wondered for some time who has the final say when choices of these kinds are made? I can only imagine the numerous discussions between bands, their managers, exec's and the record companies legal advisors talk about album covers, alone. There are many instances of album jacket covers being changed, switched, recalled or modified for whatever purposes with many classic rock bands releases, some specifically done for the US releases and also with different ones for other countries!
Quite a lot of the non US releases, as well as foreign editions are rare and collectable, too. Although there are some exceptions with CD's that I know of as with Jethro Tull - Stand Up. The original album had the pop-up figures of the band and I believe there was a reissued mini-lp CD that also had this feature a few years ago, too.
