Aimee Mann is re-releasing her album “Lost in Space” with a bonus CD. Here’s the story. This is one of the many trends in music that I hate.
A band releases an album, the fans buy it. A year later the album is re-released with a second disc of b-sides, live albums, videos, whatever. So what’s a fan to do? Re-buy the album or just pass it up forever?
Now, what would be a better option is to re-release the new version with the double disc, but also offer that new material as a seperate purchase at a reduced, EP price. This way everyone gets the new music, and everyone wins.
On the other side of the spectrum, something I do like is when band’s release best-of compilations and offer an additional disc of b-sides. I want more of that.