HW: reissues

[Chris Bates]

Jon wrote:

>  "Hawkwind fans' shelves are probably already buckling under the weight of
> countless permutations of the group's catalogue, but what could be more
> essential than their first five United Artist's albums? These- "Hawkwind" " In
> Search of Space"  "Doremi Fasol Latido" "Space Ritual Alive" and "Hall Of The
> Mountain Grill"  are all due in special Digi-pak editions, complete with
> scaled down versions of the original artwork, and each boasting extra tracks!"

A number of questions leap to my mind here. Are these going to be remixed
- if they're taking the trouble to add tracks then they ought to remix too.
Of course this depends upon the existance/quality of the original
multi-track masters (as opposed to the two-track mix-down that they'll
master from). I think remixing for CD is essential - it made a big
difference to the Zeppelin stuff and also to the King Crimson albums
(I think Fripp did those himself).

> For digi-pak read crap cardboard sleeves, that get dog-eared really quickly.

Yeah, and it's not as if we, the paying customers get a cheaper product
as a result. I think that if they're doing the job properly they (EMI)
should realise that they will get a lot of one-off sales here. Extra
tracks = a premium product which will presumably be marketed as such with
a commensurate price hike. Therefore it needs *proper* packaging.

Oh, also does anyone know of a projected release date?


Chris