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Not ordered, i cant listen to todays FC anymore, they just make me want them to be great again.
That'll be the 3rd including and since Myths and Heros that i have swerved.
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« Reply #1561 on: April 19, 2021, 09:20:33 PM » |
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Well, for those of us who are interested, 2000 copies did not sound like a lot and there was a bit of a clamour to get one . But 12 hours later it is still available.  It just goes to show, though I am not entirely sure what it just goes to show. |
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« Reply #1562 on: April 19, 2021, 09:22:09 PM » |
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Not ordered, i cant listen to todays FC anymore, they just make me want them to be great again.
That'll be the 3rd including and since Myths and Heros that i have swerved.
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« Reply #1563 on: April 19, 2021, 11:17:03 PM » |
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« Reply #1564 on: April 20, 2021, 12:38:42 AM » |
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Well, for those of us who are interested, 2000 copies did not sound like a lot and there was a bit of a clamour to get one . But 12 hours later it is still available. It just goes to show, though I am not entirely sure what it just goes to show. I'm pretty sure it shows why they only manufactured 2,000. |
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« Reply #1565 on: April 20, 2021, 09:40:45 AM » |
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From experience of selling CDs in that market, but with no live gigs and limited publicity, I would think 2000 will sell, but relatively slowly.
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« Reply #1566 on: April 20, 2021, 09:58:23 AM » |
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From experience of selling CDs in that market, but with no live gigs and limited publicity, I would think 2000 will sell, but relatively slowly.
My thoughts too. I was most amused by the "quick, they'll all sell out in 5 minutes" type panic. Yeah, right. I wonder why Fairport don't have a Twitter presence? |
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« Reply #1567 on: April 20, 2021, 10:23:42 AM » |
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From experience of selling CDs in that market, but with no live gigs and limited publicity, I would think 2000 will sell, but relatively slowly.
My thoughts too. I was most amused by the "quick, they'll all sell out in 5 minutes" type panic. Yeah, right. I wonder why Fairport don't have a Twitter presence? Um. They do. @faircropfest covers Fairport and Cropredy publicity. |
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« Reply #1568 on: April 20, 2021, 10:38:44 AM » |
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From experience of selling CDs in that market, but with no live gigs and limited publicity, I would think 2000 will sell, but relatively slowly.
My thoughts too. I was most amused by the "quick, they'll all sell out in 5 minutes" type panic. Yeah, right. I wonder why Fairport don't have a Twitter presence? Well, for comparison, Merry Hell put out a couple of these limited type releases over the last year, I think in similar numbers, Maybe slightly less. They went on sale at midnight and sold out within minutes so I understand the fear. Fairport are a band with a worldwide, albeit modest following but you would anticipate that if they can sell 20000ish tickets for Cropredy they should be able to sell 2000 CDs. It would be interesting to know how many CDs they sold during last year's Wintour as a comparison. |
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« Reply #1569 on: April 20, 2021, 10:47:50 AM » |
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Not ordered, i cant listen to todays FC anymore, they just make me want them to be great again.
That'll be the 3rd including and since Myths and Heros that i have swerved.
It may be that familiarity is a big issue here bit listening to the samples it does feel that the old songs (Walkawhile / Journeymans Grace / Dr of Physick ...) do just sound more "immediate" somehow. I can't think of a better word than that, there is still an energy in those songs which the band can tap into when they want which lacks in the newer tracks. DW |
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« Reply #1570 on: April 20, 2021, 11:01:21 AM » |
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Fairport are a band with a worldwide, albeit modest following but you would anticipate that if they can sell 20000ish tickets for Cropredy they should be able to sell 2000 CDs.
This only goes to reinforce my long held conviction (as evidenced by the wholesale emptying of the field on Sat night during my last few visits to Cropredy) that vast numbers of the Cropredy crowd are largely uninterested in Fairport. |
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« Reply #1571 on: April 20, 2021, 11:47:25 AM » |
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From experience of selling CDs in that market, but with no live gigs and limited publicity, I would think 2000 will sell, but relatively slowly.
My thoughts too. I was most amused by the "quick, they'll all sell out in 5 minutes" type panic. Yeah, right. I wonder why Fairport don't have a Twitter presence? Well, for comparison, Merry Hell put out a couple of these limited type releases over the last year, I think in similar numbers, Maybe slightly less. They went on sale at midnight and sold out within minutes so I understand the fear. Fairport are a band with a worldwide, albeit modest following but you would anticipate that if they can sell 20000ish tickets for Cropredy they should be able to sell 2000 CDs. It would be interesting to know how many CDs they sold during last year's Wintour as a comparison. Wonder why Merry Hell arent at Croppers? |
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Wonder why Merry Hell arent at Croppers?
I imagine it's the somewhat strident (and vocalised) political stance. |
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« Reply #1573 on: April 20, 2021, 01:04:12 PM » |
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Wonder why Merry Hell arent at Croppers?
I imagine it's the somewhat strident (and vocalised) political stance. I’m sure you are right. The same goes for The Men They Couldn’t Hang. I was talking to Swill about it a few years back and he said they would love to play Cropredy, but had never been asked. Unfortunately now too late. |
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Wonder why Merry Hell arent at Croppers?
I imagine it's the somewhat strident (and vocalised) political stance. Politics has always had a big place in music and especially folk music. |
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« Reply #1575 on: April 20, 2021, 01:23:41 PM » |
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I wish they would book Fishermen’s Friends.
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« Reply #1576 on: April 20, 2021, 01:34:21 PM » |
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Wonder why Merry Hell arent at Croppers?
I imagine it's the somewhat strident (and vocalised) political stance. Politics has always had a big place in music and especially folk music. Of course...but it's an answer. Folk is a funny old thing - often quite largely 'left leaning' musicians with an often somewhat conservative (small c, but...) audience. I reckon that's certainly true of the Cropredy crowd. |
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« Reply #1577 on: April 20, 2021, 01:46:44 PM » |
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I wish they would book Fishermen’s Friends.
I enjoyed them at Skeggy but then they were so ignorant after. They came into the sky bar and made a horrible din all through The Men They Couldnt Hang. You would think fellow musicians would know better. |
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« Reply #1578 on: April 20, 2021, 01:48:16 PM » |
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Wonder why Merry Hell arent at Croppers?
I imagine it's the somewhat strident (and vocalised) political stance. Historically that does not entirely make sense. Both Oysterband and the Levellers have played at Cropredy repeatedly with a similarly strident and assertively stated political stance.. Hasn't Billy Bragg also appeared. I'm sure there are others. Actually I would argue that from the many MH gigs I have attended and the content of the albums, they are far more about community than anything specifically party political (though they are, individually, unquestionably left leaning). |
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« Reply #1579 on: April 20, 2021, 02:11:59 PM » |
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TMTCH weren't booked for Cropredy after words were exchanged, I was told by a senior member of this board. Which is a shame, but there you go. The Hamsters aren't coming back either.
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