Concord Buys Rounder

[jazztrain]

Not sure where to put this, but Concord has apparently purchased Rounder Records:

Rounder Purchase

Press Release

Edited April 14, 2010 by jazztrain

[felser]

Not sure where to put this, but Concord has apparently purchased Rounder Records:

Rounder Purchase

Press Release

Cool, by next Valentine's day, we can look forward to "Bela Fleck Plays For Lovers", etc.

[paul secor]

It's been years since Rounder has issued any worthwhile music, so the label will be a good fit with Concord.

[randyhersom]

Ah, the complete Concord recordings of Sun Ra!!!

[WorldB3]

Might make it easier to get some old Tony Rice and Sam Bush titles now, and they will hit emusic also.

[Bill Nelson]

The semi-trailers are already moving the Rounder masters to Iron Mountain -- never to be seen again.

We can look forward to projects titled 'The Best of Alt-Everything' and 'Bluegrass On the Beach'.

(Both easily obtained at Starbucks.)

[AndrewHill]

Maybe we'll see a "Rounder Profiles" series or perhaps Rounder RVG's or "The Irwin, Nowlin & Leighton Collection"

[seeline]

Might make it easier to get some old Tony Rice and Sam Bush titles now, and they will hit emusic also.

There's some interesting stuff from their back catalog on emusic.com now... has been there for a month or two, actually. (I just checked - 59 pages' worth of music, in all.)

Edited April 15, 2010 by seeline

[Ken Dryden]

Fortunately, I've already acquired most of the Rounder albums that I desired. I'm not hopeful about Concord reissuing out of print things or keeping valuable Rounder releases in print.

Sorry folks, but digital downloads are not the equivalent of physical CDs, in my view. Ever try to get an artist to autograph an MP3 file or a burned CDR from one?

[JETman]

It's been years since Rounder has issued any worthwhile music, so the label will be a good fit with Concord.

No love for Branford???

[Fer Urbina]

It's been years since Rounder has issued any worthwhile music, so the label will be a good fit with Concord.

No love for Branford???

Branford's label is Marsalis Music. Rounder did their marketing and distribution. See here.

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[paul secor]

It's been years since Rounder has issued any worthwhile music, so the label will be a good fit with Concord.

No love for Branford???

None here.

[Chuck Nessa]

This complicates a verbal deal for the Ira Sullivan session I produced. Maybe I can get it back.