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11 Years After His Death, "New" Music From Frank Sinatra

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music Business, Warner Bros., Bono, Paul Anka, Reprise Records, Glen Campbell, Las Vegas, Record Stores, Don Costa, Music Retail, Concord Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, New Jersey, Music Downloads, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Capitol/EMI, John Denver, New York Times, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimmy Webb, Warner Reprise, Atlantic City, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Three new releases, Live At The Meadowlands, My Way, and Classic Sinatra II should please hardcore fans and newbies alike.

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Never Mind The Downloads, Here's A New Frank Sinatra CD

Tony Sachs | Posted 01.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sinatra Estate, Compact Discs, My Way, mp3s, Strangers in the Night, Nancy Sinatra, Reprise Records, Rhino Handmade, Record Stores, Music Retail, Lucky Strike, Rhino Records, Music Downloads, Music Industry, Frank Sinatra, Itunes, Warner Reprise, New York, New York, Great American Songbook, Music, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Die-hard Frankie fanatics may have much of this material, which circulated on bootlegs back in the '90s, but to most fans it'll be a welcome discovery.

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The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Compact Discs, Lps, Wal-Mart, Led Zeppelin, Independent Music Stores, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Music Retail, Best Buy, The Beatles, Record Industry, Music Business, Sony Music, Emi, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

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Springsteen Sells Out -- To Wal-Mart!

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Walmart, LGBT Issues, Entertainment, Walmart Equality, LGBT Rights, Walmart Unions, Walmart Bruce Springsteen, Rock, Music Retail, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart, Wtf, Entertainment News
Lisa Derrick

There are a number of reasons Springsteen's move to sell exclusively through the mega-retailer is, um, really confusing, if not downright contradictory to the Springsteen hagiography.

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Happy Record Store Day, For What It's Worth

Tony Sachs | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Compact Discs, Wal-Mart, Lps, Music Downloading, Alanis Morissette, Sal Nunziato, Music Retail, Amazon.com, Ricky Martin, Records, Napster, Nycd, Tower Records, Internet, Itunes, Hmv, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Technology alone isn't to blame for record stores going the way of black-and-white TVs. You can, and should, also blame the major record labels.

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Saturday, April 19th is "Record Store Day," And It Is Three Years Too Late For Me

Sal Nunziato | Posted 04.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Earle, Record Store Day, Music Retail, Nycd, Metallica, Eric Levin, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

Indie retailers are true blue. They were born to sell music. They need to gush over, talk about, ridicule, and sell music in order to survive, not just financially, but spiritually.

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The Case Of The Missing Dave Clark Five CDs

Tony Sachs | Posted 04.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, Compact Discs, Classic Rock, MP3 Downloads, Prince, Music Business, British Invasion, Dave Clark Five, Sgt. Pepper, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Smith, Itunes, Music Retail, Merseybeat, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Clark was a business genius decades before savvy musicians started negotiating their own contracts (or at least hiring competent lawyers to do so).

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This Week In Music Business Stupidity

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.12.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Record Companies, CD Sales, Wal-Mart, Radiohead, Itunes, The Eagles, Sony BMG, Music Retail, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

The Eagles have set a dangerous precedent by making their album available through only one retailer, Wal-Mart -- and a retailer whose primary product isn't music, at that.

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