Good news for music fans who have been desperately trying to get their hands on a long deleted album for years. Amazon is launching a new 'Disc On Demand' service, which will only press CDs when an album is ordered, allowing it to offer music where a label isn't willing to invest in a full CD pressing. The service, which has the involvement of SonyBMG and EMI so far, will make available previously out-of-print albums, including Joe Strummer's 'Earthquake Weather', Cake's 'Motorcade Of Generosity' and Henry Mancini's 'Hatari' soundtrack. It will also sell new niche content - again where the niche interest nature of the content means labels may be unwilling to invest in a traditional release. New content will include highlights from KCRW's 'Sounds Eclectic' series. As far as I can see this service is currently only available via the US Amazon service, we'll let you know if it goes UK.
May 7, 2008
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Amazon to make deleted albums available via Disc On Demand service
Amazon is launching a Disc On Demand service that presses CDs only when ordered, with SonyBMG and EMI involved, offering out-of-print albums at launch.