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Permalink Reply by Bret Teegarden on November 15, 2007 at 7:45am

Hmmm, not sure what I think about this, but I might add that Cracker Barrel has started their own "Label" to place their own exclusive music product in all the Cracker Barrel stores.

The times, they are a changin'

Permalink Reply by Talric Martin on October 2, 2009 at 11:09pm

amazing

Permalink Reply by Roy Edwards on February 26, 2008 at 11:26am

The way I see it is that the whole corporate giant concept is gradually taking over in every industry sector and music is now being gobbled up as well. I miss the days of the local mom and pop record shops, but alas as Dylan so eloquently once sang ..."The Times They Are A Changin". I'm afraid this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Some how we all have to learn to adapt or else we will inevitably die.

Permalink Reply by Brett Wall on August 6, 2008 at 7:22pm

Journey just did it as well. With two CD's and a DVD live concert. $11.88, as a consumer I love it. IF I was selling 20 Billion CD's I would love it more...LOL

Permalink Reply by Steve DellaVecchia on August 8, 2008 at 8:27pm

I think it is a travesty, what has happened to the music industry... Not only has Walmart ruin the price of CD's for the artist by selling them to low, but the keepers of the gate in the industry have ruin the music business as well... In the old days, it was a rite of passage just to get in a recording studio, let alone get a record deal... They have opened the flood gates, by signing to many artists... You have to regulate it like diamonds or the price & the bar of excellence will fall to low like it is now... With technology & Pro-tools, everyone is recording in there bedrooms and not in the big rooms anymore.... Don't get me wrong, I love my Pro-tools as much as the next guy, but I think you have to be careful not to fall in the trap of quantizing everything & looping your ass off & doing vocal comps, because you lose the art & magic of playing and making magical records... I hope the gate keepers come to there senses & start raising the bar again for getting signed...

Thanks, Steve DellaVecchia

Permalink Reply by ana on August 29, 2008 at 12:53pm

True, Walmart, Cracker Barrel, Starbux....have their own labels. It used to be some artists handled their own cds in the tv market as well. I hope this is a transition period. In some ways, it is good, as the Eagles have certainly made lots of money and can keep the exposure coming (as if they need it) by selling like this, some artists make more money this way, but on the other side, it devalues an artist, and makes other artists who arent around for the long haul look like kings. I also believe there is a fine line between heart and business only in music. With all of the changes in the industry, I believe this is a transitional period.

Permalink Reply by David C. Danielson on June 17, 2009 at 10:41am

Mandy,

I don't know how much of a heads up this really is for you considering the original poster is talking about "Long Road Out of Eden" which has been out for quite some time. As a third generation Eagles fan you have probably already worn your copy out and probably need to source a replacement copy? :-)

Permalink Reply by Michael Sykes on August 21, 2011 at 12:26pm

This has been a pet peeve of mine for sometime. It's certainly what it is....it's getting hard to stay in the business of being creative. Thanks Walmart. We will survive.