Inna, really?
Even assuming that there are no mechanical rights to pay, he still needs a
master use license, needs somebody to do the mastering, has to pay a
pressing plant to manufacture, and deal with getting the thing packaged and
distributed. Why should he finance it all by himself? Do you know what the
costs are to do this?
FWIW, I think it is a legitimate issue- more and more records are being
reissued using digital masters. Can people really hear the difference? My bet
is that a good digital remaster is better than a bad analog one, but who
knows? That's the point of the exercise...
And no, I have no horse in this race.
PS: and if Symphonic Dances was composed in 1940 based on a quick
intraweb look- I didn't really research the publication history of the
compositions involved--mechanicals would have to be paid as well.
Even assuming that there are no mechanical rights to pay, he still needs a
master use license, needs somebody to do the mastering, has to pay a
pressing plant to manufacture, and deal with getting the thing packaged and
distributed. Why should he finance it all by himself? Do you know what the
costs are to do this?
FWIW, I think it is a legitimate issue- more and more records are being
reissued using digital masters. Can people really hear the difference? My bet
is that a good digital remaster is better than a bad analog one, but who
knows? That's the point of the exercise...
And no, I have no horse in this race.
PS: and if Symphonic Dances was composed in 1940 based on a quick
intraweb look- I didn't really research the publication history of the
compositions involved--mechanicals would have to be paid as well.