Personally I absolutely hate bonus tracks. It seems like the record label companies are re-releasing the classic albums in bonus track editions only. It's a record label scheme to get potential album buyers to purchase the recent releases with bonus tracks as the record companies knows that just about everyone has a copy of a regular issue of a particular issue. I search for the regular issue albums without the bonus tracks but it seems like most of them are out of print and hard to find. I'm forced the purchase the bonus track albums until I can find a regular issue copy. iTunes and Amazon is a solution also until I find a copy but it's not the same as owning a cd or lp. In addition, these label record companies are releasing different versions of a particular album; regular issue, deluxe issue, super deluxe, super deluxe plus on cd and not to mention on vinyl as well as mp3. It's a tactic to get the consumer to purchase all the different versions as these record companies are losing their share of a profit as the decline of cd sales fall and they are trying to compensate the differences.
|