{"id":5094,"date":"2015-03-23T13:57:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T13:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/03\/23\/record-store-day-vs-indie-labels\/"},"modified":"2015-03-23T13:57:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T13:57:23","slug":"record-store-day-vs-indie-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/03\/23\/record-store-day-vs-indie-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Store Day Vs Indie Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"


Record Store Day has issued a response to two indie labels which are boycotting the festivities this year and instead releasing their own protest record.As previously reported, Sonic Cathedral and Howling Owl announced plans last week to release a split single by Spectres and Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, putting out one copy per day for a year from Record Store Day onwards.
Noting that they still thought that RSD was \u201cessentially a good idea\u201d, the two labels said in a statement: \u201cIf it\u2019s a protest against anything, it\u2019s what Record Store Day has become: just another event in the annual music industry circus that begins with the BBC Sound Of\u2026 list and ends with the Mercury Prize, co-opted by major labels and used as another marketing stepping stone\u201d.<\/p>\n

They went on: \u201cBecause of the rules and regulations \u2013 minimum pressing amounts, no direct to customer sales, blah blah blah \u2013 Record Store Day really isn\u2019t fun, and it\u2019s certainly not beneficial to small, backs-to-the-wall labels like Sonic Cathedral and Howling Owl. But we are still affected by it. Badly \u2026The final irony was getting a call to say that this very seven-ich was going to be delayed and might not be shipped until after Record Store Day\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a counter statement issued to The Vinyl Factory boss of RSD organiser the Entertainment Retailers Association Kim Bayley said that the two indie\u2019s had \u201cmisrepresented one of the most beneficial new music promotions of the past two decades\u201d and that this was \u201creally objectionable\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecord Store Day has beyond doubt been the most important catalyst in the recent revival and growth in number of independent record shops\u201d, she continued. \u201cAlong the way it has also driven the vinyl revival. And engaged a whole new generation of fans in music buying. To make it clear, the purpose of Record Store Day is not to promote independent labels. It is to promote independent record shops (the clue is in the name)\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added that \u201cbecause indie record shops disproportionately support independent labels\u201d, it was actually these companies that benefit most from the event, and that \u201cthe number of releases from the majors has remained relatively static in recent years, so the increase in the number of titles \u2013 another criticism is that there are too many \u2013 has mainly been driven by indie labels\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t blame indie labels \u2013 the whole point is to sell records \u2013 but we have asked all labels to think harder about quality and this year the number of releases is in fact down by around 10% compared to 2014\u2033.<\/p>\n

Admitting that \u201cwe know it\u2019s not perfect and we know we need more pressing plants\u201d, Bayley concluded: \u201cGive us a break\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Source: CMU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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