[Slowhand] Clapton: the bonus tracks

[Jon Maclean]

Simon,

That's probably the most frustrating part of this whole sorry affair. I don't know how many people still read this list, but there are obviously a large number of dedicated EC fans who would like to have all the tracks, and yet there is no clear avenue of complaint to make Clapton/Reprise/Warner of our annoyance at such greedy marketing strategies.

An online petition sounds like a good start, although as I say, I'm not sure if many still read this list with the onset of facebook, twitter and suchlike.

Cheers,
Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon George [mailto:simon.george5 at ntlworld.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 3:39 AM
To: slowhand at planet-torque.com
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Clapton: the bonus tracks

I have to agree with previous contributions, as a loyal fan with a complete collection of Clapton tracks, this whole thing stinks, whenever a new ec album comes out, since journeyman, I've been the first through the doors of the local HMV, but now I have a dilemma, I now face the prospect of either missing some tracks,  ordering at least four copies of the album from both sides of the atlantic ( my wife would kill me!!) or trying to illegally download the missing tracks. I know which of these is the most tempting, so this seems like a massive own goal by the record company execs,
Maybe we should set up an online petition, to be signed by all sd'ers telling them what we think, they might not listen to individuals, but maybe as a combined voice we could make a difference.
Simon

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