HW: Griffin Alien4
Keith A Henderson
khenders at MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
Tue Jul 2 23:10:46 EDT 1996
rj hints....
> >
> > The Griffin _Alien4_ finally appeared. It isn't an actual Griffin release,
> > but is an EBS import with the little sticker that says "distributed by
> > Griffin music, made in the UK". It is one of those deals where Griffin
> > kindly distributes it in the USA at domestic USA prices.
> Brock said at one of the gigs that they are at odds with griffin at
> present. It seems that griffin has been underselling them in europe.
I don't know what this means exactly, but whatever it is, it's completely
asinine. How the band and it's management gets into such a tiff with a record
company that (for once) actually does them so much good over many years is
beyond me. I'm not saying that I can't possibly believe that they (Griffin)
might *have* actually done them some small amount of harm in this tactic
(whatever it is). It's just that HW has been ripped off by so many
people/labels in the past to such a huge degree, that anything Griffin
could/would do additional to that seems like it would be a piss in the ocean.
And like how many discs would they have sold in the US without a stable
domestic record deal from 1987 - 1996?? About 10% of what they have, that's
what. And that's probably equalled by the UK/Europe Kollectors on this list
who have bought Griffin imports.
Stupid! 26 years on...and counting....
Keith H. (FAA)
P.S. Now, Cleopatra might be another story....
ObCD: Udu Wudu - Magma
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