i'd buy it, if it weren't like, the price it is physical, coz the exchange rate pushes it up abit in AUD...

 

But woo, #20! :D

 

lol, so wished they woulda put on more than JCGE tho, then i probz would buy it lol

Yeah, they should have put on some b-sides. :(

I've edited the title of this thread as the album has not been re-released.

It's just a re-issue and the first issue of the album is now deleted and out of print.

The reason they didn't add anything else to the album or re-release it is because there will/should be another album out within the year.

This kind of bugged me at first. Why bother chucking a crap charity cover on your album, people buy it for the novelty, or because their a fan but it doesn't really belong on chasing lights IMO. I think with the moderate size of their fanbase (by album sales) and the fact they are such a new band a deluxe would've been a waste of money and wouldn't have returned well on the investment. Better to move onto the next album later this year, and capitalise on the momentum they've built.

 

Their album has benefitted from every single release, and i think releasing is keeping them in the public eye and lots of people are tipping over the point of buying the album as they realise they are liking more and more of their songs. So as evidenced by the jump in the album chart the week of rerelease i actually think this was a good move from a sales perspective now. However, i think coming only a fortnight about after JCGE and the fact the album does not raise money for charity like the single its actually a bit $h!tty for Comic Relief as it could be doing them out of money when people can now simply opt for the album instead of buying the single/both.

 

I'm also curious about v1 copies. I haven't seen a single one since the v2 release and Matt mentioned they sent all the old copies back when the new ones arrived, assumably getting a replacement/refund from the record company/distributor, so the record company could have lost a fair bit in copies shipped but not sold of v1. But for a soft reissue like this (same cover, not advertised as new etc) it could be misleading and annoy people to find the single they've seen advertised isn't on theirs though shops could've marked them and just sold them cheap instead?

This kind of bugged me at first. Why bother chucking a crap charity cover on your album, people buy it for the novelty, or because their a fan but it doesn't really belong on chasing lights IMO. I think with the moderate size of their fanbase (by album sales) and the fact they are such a new band a deluxe would've been a waste of money and wouldn't have returned well on the investment. Better to move onto the next album later this year, and capitalise on the momentum they've built.

I don't get by what you mean 'it doesn't belong on Chasing Lights', it fits in with the type of music. Also, where you put 'releasing a deluxe was a waste of money and wouldn't have done well in investment', that isn't true since the week the deluxe came out it helped the album climb 13 places to #20.

 

Their album has benefitted from every single release, and i think releasing is keeping them in the public eye and lots of people are tipping over the point of buying the album as they realise they are liking more and more of their songs. So as evidenced by the jump in the album chart the week of rerelease i actually think this was a good move from a sales perspective now. However, i think coming only a fortnight about after JCGE and the fact the album does not raise money for charity like the single its actually a bit $h!tty for Comic Relief as it could be doing them out of money when people can now simply opt for the album instead of buying the single/both.

Why are you saying it is stupid that the album wasn't raised for Comic Relief. When other artists have released for Comic Relief or other charities, they have an album coming out but they never raise money. They only said they would raise money with their single, not their album. ^_^

 

I'm also curious about v1 copies. I haven't seen a single one since the v2 release and Matt mentioned they sent all the old copies back when the new ones arrived, assumably getting a replacement/refund from the record company/distributor, so the record company could have lost a fair bit in copies shipped but not sold of v1. But for a soft reissue like this (same cover, not advertised as new etc) it could be misleading and annoy people to find the single they've seen advertised isn't on theirs though shops could've marked them and just sold them cheap instead?

When a re-release comes out, the original version usually is taken out of the shops. Copies of the re-release aren't for a new album, they count towards the original version of Chasing Lights too, so by releasing a deluxe of the album it didn't really lose any sales of the album.

I don't get by what you mean 'it doesn't belong on Chasing Lights', it fits in with the type of music. Also, where you put 'releasing a deluxe was a waste of money and wouldn't have done well in investment', that isn't true since the week the deluxe came out it helped the album climb 13 places to #20.

Why are you saying it is stupid that the album wasn't raised for Comic Relief. When other artists have released for Comic Relief or other charities, they have an album coming out but they never raise money. They only said they would raise money with their single, not their album. ^_^

When a re-release comes out, the original version usually is taken out of the shops. Copies of the re-release aren't for a new album, they count towards the original version of Chasing Lights too, so by releasing a deluxe of the album it didn't really lose any sales of the album.

I don't think you've quite understood my points but i prob didn't explain as well as i should :)

I actually don't see v2 as a "deluxe", rather a reissue, what i meant was releasing a full deluxe down the line might not sell enough to make back the money developing and promoting it would cost. While the album rose a number of places following v2's release, the cost of all the v1's which now can't be sold but the record company paid to produce must be discounted from any profit, and its impossible to know who would've/wouldn't have bought the album when it did/didn't contain JCGE, so its a gamble by the label, but i think it'll work out ok. My point relating to comic relief is that people who want JCGE can now buy the album for it and CR won't get a cut. Although band's current albums will benefit from the +ve PR of a charity release, they often don't contain that particular song (e.g. Walk this Way last comic relief doesn't appear on any GA/Sugababes album even though it probably was good publicity for both, people still had to give money to CR if they wanted the song). Its not a big deal, just seems a bit cynical on behalf of the record company to profit from a song supposedly for charity :rolleyes: