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Hi Chris, With all the talk about this latest Greatest Hits one thing has become clear to me. The record companies don't give a toss about Chris Rea.They have marketed it their way and that way is what will make THEM the most money. They didn't think of Chris's fans either as we can see that fans around here can't speak German.If the record companies had any thought other than money it would have made sense to make it available for download on a website that has an english section on it which Chris you now have provided for all of us.By making it so limited it will sell limited except for the die hards that are around.Chris wrote:As far as the new album, I understand that you Jim would like to have the album in a CD format. Downloading It, for me (and perhaps for many others), would be like owning a pirate copy afterwards because I like to play my CD on a regular CD player with speakers 'on.' I don't understand why this disc is not being offered in British stores.
I couldn't agree with more and this will be one downfall of the record companies. There is enough fans around of various different musicians to make an impact if we put our minds to it. Was it not bad enough that for 25 years or more they "sold" us a version of Chris that was an extremely watered down. The only positive from that was that Chris made enough money to finally tell them No and because of that we now have Chris the way he can be which is a master of his profession.Chris wrote:The record companies should at least pay closer attention to what we're discussing here to better determine our needs as well as to fulfill them.
This is their loss and they are making a very big mistake.Chris wrote:Chris' music, I've noticed, is no longer put in the "newly arrived" section of a store nor is being otherwise prominently displayed. Perhaps they are treating him as a "waning star" even though he definitely isn't?
I know this and I can't put it any better than you have Chris.Chris wrote:As far as downloading, I just cannot load music onto my computer from the net because I want to see the package, have the CD in my hands, open the booklet, read the information as wel as to follow the lyrics.
Mr_Blues wrote:I think that the new Best Of album ain´t necessary to buy
I'm not going to disagree with you as such as each of us have our opinionsMr_Blues wrote:And those new versions, they don´t have nothing new to offer.
The same with On The Beach as it reminds me of the way that Chris was singing it on the Stony Road DVD. They are the same songs but he has updated them to sound more like his Blues style now.I know exactly how this feels so heres hoping that it won't be too long of a wait.Mr_Blues wrote:I´m waiting and wanting to get all new material from our maestro.
Chris, bring out the next EarBook
I think you are experiencing the same frustration as all of us around here.Most of us have all gone through the same problems trying to purchase this CD. I don't know the official reason as to why it was only available from Amazon Germany.General feeling is that this is proberly where it would sell the most copies as the German people are very fond of Chris and always have.Who knows? maybe they will decide to extend its availability if there is enough demand or if there is enough interest from fans.MIGHTYQUINN wrote:Will this be released in USA & UK?
It is a legit CD.MIGHTYQUINN wrote:Is it a legit CD release or a bootleg?
My own opinion on this is although it's called a Chris Rea web site I feel that this site was more a promotional site for Chris's album The Return Of The Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes assuming that you are referring to chrisrea.com.As you know from this site there is no information on Chris unlike this site which cover all aspects of Chris.MIGHTYQUINN wrote:And last, why is it not on the Chris Rea website?
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