19-04-2013, 12:49
i was thinking maybe they have to sign contracts with record company affiliates in different countries and paperwork takes time(legalities)...
say for example McCartney was on EMI in the UK, but on Capitol records in the US, so maybe they had to negotiate deals between the labels???, whereas say EMI in the UK is the same label as here so one contract for EMI covers all locations....
just a thought...
maybe Jerome could enlighten both of us as this happens way too often nowadays with different release dates....
i could understand different release dates back in the day because a lot of album shipments were transported by ship cargo obviously to avoid air freight(therefore more profit for the companies)...but nowadays,surely all they have to do is transfer the songs digitally and print the cds in other countries almost instantly???
i dont know really, just guessing, and it has got me as confused as you are, we'll just have to await the words of wisdom from Jerome on this one mate
say for example McCartney was on EMI in the UK, but on Capitol records in the US, so maybe they had to negotiate deals between the labels???, whereas say EMI in the UK is the same label as here so one contract for EMI covers all locations....
just a thought...
maybe Jerome could enlighten both of us as this happens way too often nowadays with different release dates....
i could understand different release dates back in the day because a lot of album shipments were transported by ship cargo obviously to avoid air freight(therefore more profit for the companies)...but nowadays,surely all they have to do is transfer the songs digitally and print the cds in other countries almost instantly???
i dont know really, just guessing, and it has got me as confused as you are, we'll just have to await the words of wisdom from Jerome on this one mate
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