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Bonus tracks on album.  We love 'em because they are nice extras, and when we love a band, we often want to have everything they put out.  And we hate 'em because we generally have to shell out extra bucks for some import or deluxe edition just to get the extra song(s).  Here's a shining example of a band who gets that and has done something about it.

Y&T's new album, due out May 21, is being released in 3 formats:  U.S. edition with 15 tracks.  European edition with the original 15 + 1 bonus track.  Japanese edition with the original 15 + 1 completely different bonus track.  That means anyone who wants all 17 official tracks must, at the very least, buy both import version, right?  Wrong.  The band didn't want to do it that way, but the label and distributors required the bonus tracks on the import versions.  What the band did about it is this:  They secured the rights to make the two bonus tracks downloadable from their website once the import versions are released.  That way, fans who don't want to shell out the money for an expensive import (2 separate imports, actually) will have the opportunity to purchase the domestic release and then download the two additional tracks for about a buck each.  This may seem like a small thing, and maybe it is.  But the reality is, most bands don't go above and beyond to do things like this for the fans.  Kudos to Dave Meniketti for getting it right.
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Re: Another example of a band-member who "gets" what fans want
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 09:46:36 AM »
I'm not a huge Y&T fan, but that is pretty awesome.
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Re: Another example of a band-member who "gets" what fans want
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 09:58:18 AM »
Great idea.

Though I have to be the malcontent I must say I don't like bonus tracks in 90% of cases. There are examples where I actually wonder why they are not regular album tracks and work perfectly on the album (e.g. Paradise Lost "Cardinal Zero" on the album Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us, or Katatonia "Ashen" on Night is the New Day), but usually if they are put on the same CD, I don't like it. They're hardly ever good enough to stand up to the level of the album itself, and they break the integrity of the album itself - closing track is a closing track, I don't want anything afterwards. But then, trying to program it so it's somewhere in between hardly ever works either...

I prefer some kind of unreleased track EPs or singles with several B-sides (aforementioned Katatonia has mastered this skill, they have 2-3 pretty cheap and easily accessible singles for most albums with plenty of nice unreleased tracks), it works much better.

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Re: Another example of a band-member who "gets" what fans want
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 02:10:58 PM »
VERY good move by Meniketti and Y&T.
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Re: Another example of a band-member who "gets" what fans want
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2010, 05:45:34 AM »
Dave is a living legend, so underrated!
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Re: Another example of a band-member who "gets" what fans want
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2010, 08:59:03 AM »
Making those tracks available :tup
Waiting over a dozen years for 'em  :tdwn

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Re: Another example of a band-member who "gets" what fans want
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2010, 09:01:37 AM »
Sersiously, I'm looking forward to Facemelter!

I was honestly hesitant about having any expectations whatsoever for the new album.  But after seeing the video for I'm Coming Home, I am truly excited.
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