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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 06-03-07

Pos. ARTIST  | TITLE 1 CIRCA SURVIVE|ON LETTING GO 2 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 3 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 4 PINK MARTINI|HEY EUGENE! 5 LINKIN PARK|MINUTES TO MIDNIGH 6 SMITH*ELLIOTT|NEW MOON 7. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/07/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Tesla Releases Two Disc CD With A Twist

Yesterday hard rockers Tesla released a new double CD "Real To Reel" with a creative marketing twist.  To fill the second spot in the CD case sold at retail, fans. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/06/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Does Steve Jobs Secretly Prefer DRM?

Steve Jobs achieved hero status a few months ago for calling on record labels to remove copy restrictions from downloads. It is a stance that is hugely popular with the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/04/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (7)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 05-27-07

Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 2 USED|LIES FOR THE LIARS 3 OSBOURNE*OZZY|BLACK RAIN 4 MAROON 5|IT WON’T BE SOON B 5 PINK MARTINI|HEY EUGENE! 6 LINKIN PARK|MINUTES. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/31/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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iTunes Upgrade Paves Way For EMI’s DRM Free Launch. Indies Left Wondering When They’ll Be Invited.

A new upgrade 7.2 for iTunes which appeared late yesterday offers support for "iTunes Plus", the title Apple has given for the higher 256 bit-rate DRM free downloads from EMI. . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/30/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 05-20-07

Pos. ARTIST  |  TITLE 1 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 2 PINK MARTINI|HEY EUGENE! 3 LINKIN PARK|MINUTES TO MIDNIGH 4 MEGADETH|UNITED ABOMINATIONS 5 SMITH*ELLIOTT|NEW MOON 6 WAINWRIGHT*RUFU|RELEASE THE ST 7 BJORK|VOLTA    . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/24/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 05-13-07

Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 BJORK|VOLTA     2 SMITH*ELLIOTT|NEW MOON 3 FEIST|REMINDER 4 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 5 FRANCIS*SAGE|HUMAN THE DEATH D 6 BRIGHT EYES|CASSADAGA 7 RUSH|SNAKES & ARROWS 8 AMOS*TORI|AMERICAN. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/16/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Amazon Announces MP3 Download Store With EMI Catalog And 12,000 Labels

Amazon today officially announced that it will launch an MP3 only digital music store later this year with tracks from more than 12,000 record labels including EMI’s entire catalog. Every. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/16/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Does eMusic’s Math Work For Labels?

PART 4 – In addition to increased competition, label defections pose the greatest threat to eMusic’s future. In recent weeks Victory, Urge, Red House, Silva America, and Tzadik and others. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/15/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Koch Buys Navarre

Koch has bought music and video distributor Navarre for $6.5 million. (press release) It is unclear what consolidation of staff and resources will follow.  But with the retail brick and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/14/2007 in Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail | Permalink | Comments (0)
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