http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:27:23 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/02/114516.php#comment-101646 Stax had a deal with Atlantic while they were still functional but the catalog has been woned by Fantasy for some time. Fantasy has been acquiring other labels, steadily building their catalog over the years, but they were the ones for sale, not Concord - it's really just a matter of who is in buying mode and who is in selling mode 101646@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:27:23 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/02/114516.php#comment-101645 I'm surprised at the direction of the takeover - given their respective catalogues, I would have expected Fantasy to be by far the richer company. Either I don't know anything about what sells, or assets don't have a strong relationship to sales. I thought Stax was taken over by Atlantic/Warner a long time ago; I wonder how Fantasy got a hold of them. Again, another indication to me that Fantasy should be the larger label. 101645@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:13:45 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/02/114516.php#comment-101639 yes, these are two of the last remaining independents - I thought the price for this kind of catalog to be too low as well. The sense I have is that Fantasy was actively trying to sell, so that changes the equation quite a bit: if you are actively selling then you are pretty much stuck with the highest bidder, which Concord apparently was. We have super relations with both of these organizations by the way, and I wish them nothing but the best. 101639@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:06:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/02/114516.php#comment-101637 Wow - that's a selection of CDs worth perusing. Eric, I do not know much about this part of the industry, but are these two companies kinda independent? I mean, are they part of larger conglomerates (Universal/TimeWarner?) And isn't 80 million low for a catalog this size? 101637@blogcritics.org Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:57:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/02/114516.php#comment-101526 What? This move is not nearly as important as you describe it to be. Are you the publicist for Concord Records? No one else would make such a comparison. 101526@blogcritics.org Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:26:14 EST