The Long Track Log
This is to formalize an idea from the Guvera thread - namely that over yonder at the other place there are long/very long tracks ( I'm examining Prestige albums for a start), which are pushing up to 12 credits Album Pricing releases that are significantly fewer in number of tracks. I spent a lot of time in May/June 2009, and booster crack card DL's, on low track number/long track laden jazz releases before they went Album Pricing, to avoid that 12 credit penalty. The ham-handed way it has been implemented just fundamentally irks me, so anything to dodge around the system seems a public service to me.
To start - Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet is 12 credits over yonder for 4 tracks - it just ain't right. 2 of those tracks, Blues By Five @10:24, and Tune Up/When Lights Are Low @13:12 - both made Album Only - are the theoretical reason for the 12 credit tag, but this is just plain excessive for a 34 minute release. Were they to let's say double those 2 tracks, make it a 6 credit release, that would be reasonable, not 12.
Anyhow, both those tracks are available at Guvera. If you picked them up there, preferably free, you could complete the album over yonder for a mere 2 credits. So if you see anything similar (I'm guessing there are a lot of similar Prestige release situations) throw your fellow music lovers a bone, post it, and stick it to the man.
Album- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins - 5 tracks/12 credits because of the track Friday the 13th @10:24.
Heck, just pull up the Prestige Label and look for something you don't already have.
To start - Cookin' With the Miles Davis Quintet is 12 credits over yonder for 4 tracks - it just ain't right. 2 of those tracks, Blues By Five @10:24, and Tune Up/When Lights Are Low @13:12 - both made Album Only - are the theoretical reason for the 12 credit tag, but this is just plain excessive for a 34 minute release. Were they to let's say double those 2 tracks, make it a 6 credit release, that would be reasonable, not 12.
Anyhow, both those tracks are available at Guvera. If you picked them up there, preferably free, you could complete the album over yonder for a mere 2 credits. So if you see anything similar (I'm guessing there are a lot of similar Prestige release situations) throw your fellow music lovers a bone, post it, and stick it to the man.
Album- Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins - 5 tracks/12 credits because of the track Friday the 13th @10:24.
Heck, just pull up the Prestige Label and look for something you don't already have.
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ETA: One album I hope to mix-and-match: Walt Dickerson's To My Queen (2 longs at Guvera, one short at eMu).
Mostly drawn from this insanely complete Prestige 1957-58 discography. Many others on the list are not album priced ("Fantasy/Prestige" on eMu)...not much rhyme or reason apparent, though Trane tends to be album priced.
Weird...link is working on my end. You can find it in my profile, though I spose you need to be an eMu member to do that.
Your profile shows only 1 list last updated in 2008 Link.
The lists are by default private untill you change it to public. (click on edit at your lists)