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Lidsville Nine wrote:
> On Jul 1, 9:34 pm, j...@sonofmusic.org wrote:
> > it has nothing to do with wanting his music. whenever someone famous dies,
> > you try to buy up everything that was released while they were still
> > alive. that stuff is always more valuable as it was in lower printing and
> > mintage as that star's fame was on a deline.
> >
> > now that they're dead, their fame shoots up and record companies etc will
> > now reissue tons of reprint stuff to try for lots of sales. collectors
> > want stuff released while the star was alive or before the reissue was
> > released which is why everyone is going crazy buying up jackson's stuff.
> >
> > watch ebay and other auction houses over the next few months when all
> > this "mint - still in the wrapper" stuff comes to market and people think
> > they'll be able to retire with what they'll make when they sell the stuff.
> > it's always the same story. it was for elvis, lennon and now jackson.
> >
> > ....................
> >
> > >>someone wrote:
> > >>Seems almost paradoxical to me.
> > >>If you're moved enough by his death to frantically buy up his albums,
> > >>why didn't you own those albums already?
>
> I covered this very bullshit in my previous post. I hate to propose
> logic or common sense to you, but if MJ's "music" were in short
> supply, how did so many of his titles qualify for the Billboard
> ************* SALES ************** chart this week?
And what's the collectors value of a download?
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Chris Mack *quote under construction*
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