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...best songs from two import albums (the Fabulous Poodles' Mirror Star or a combination of album cuts and singles (The Clash...
...seems the majors have gotten to the point where they're only interested in selling millions of copies," contends Bob Say, the head of the west coast branch of Jem Records, the largest distributor of import records in America. Jem started in 1971 as a three-man operation pushing a catalogue dominated by progressive rock albums out of a house trailer in New Jersey. Their business mushroomed dramatically when the major American labels turned their backs on the punk bands emerging in England three years...
Fans agree that the quality of import pressings and the total packaging are superior to the domestic editions. Import singles frequently contain songs that never appear on an album and the LPs often feature different tracks. American albums are often a collection
Major labels sneer at import sales figures: only one of 50 import singles sells more than 500 copies and a good-selling import album does about 2500, compared to the 100,000-plus sales needed for a Big 6 group just to stay afloat, just to earn the chance to make another album...
...import sales can sometimes exert a marked influence on major labels. Warner Bros. was forced to rush-release Dire Straits' Communique, fearful that imports would cut heavily into domestic sales figures. Both Deep Purple's Live in Japan and Bob Marley & the Wailers Live earned domestic release as a result of their enormous import popularity. Cheap Trick's Live at Budokan was Jem's fastest-selling import earlier this year. Epic took heed, rushing a domestic release that finally established the band's long-predicted stardom...