Re: Thoughts on the Live Set...

[chris@trn.or.jp (Chris Hinkle)]

At  9:19 PM 96.1.15 -0500, Keith Z Burkey wrote:
>Folks:
>
>Here's an idea (albeit far-fetched) that I don't think has been brought 
>up for the live CD set.  
>
>Why not take and release each studio CD as a live one?  Maybe as close as 
>possible, anyways.  Understand my idea?  Lemme try again to clarify.  
>Take the studio album of Who's Next, or A Quick One, or My Generation, 
>Quad, whatever..., and then get live recordings of all the songs for a 
>matching (somewhat) cd.  What we'd have would be Quadrophenia Live, WN 
>Live, WAY Live, Tommy Live, etc... of course there would have to be bonus 
>live tracks on each album, preferably from the same time as they were 
>preforming the current album live.  
>
>Yeah, I know, it's kinda dumb, but it's sort of a different way to do the 
>set, and may actually catch more people's attention.  Someone out there 
>who isn't an avid Who fan (how could this be????), but may love Who's 
>Next or Tommy, might see that they've released live versions of the 
>albums.  It may actually bring in more sales and convert more people to 
>fans of the Who!
>
>Kick it around folks,
>
>Keith 


I'd buy all of them, but I can't believe they'd be profitable from a
business standpoint unless they were released on a small lable, a la the
Greatful Dead's "Dick's Picks" series.

Chris
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