GA Russell Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Rock singer Steve Perry has a new cd out this week called Traces. 10 songs. Amazon has it for $11.49 prime. https://www.amazon.com/Traces-Steve-Perry/dp/B07G1YKQ57/ Target is offering the same cd for the same price. But it is also offering its own exclusive cd with FIVE addition songs for $13.99. https://www.target.com/p/steve-perry-traces-target-exclusive/-/A-53930983 Target has for quite some time offered exclusive CDs with two extra tracks, but I've never seen Target or anyone else corner the market on an additional 50% of the album. Maybe this will be a way to get people to buy the physical product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, GA Russell said: Rock singer Steve Perry has a new cd out this week called Traces. 10 songs. Amazon has it for $11.49 prime. https://www.amazon.com/Traces-Steve-Perry/dp/B07G1YKQ57/ Target is offering the same cd for the same price. But it is also offering its own exclusive cd with FIVE addition songs for $13.99. https://www.target.com/p/steve-perry-traces-target-exclusive/-/A-53930983 Target has for quite some time offered exclusive CDs with two extra tracks, but I've never seen Target or anyone else corner the market on an additional 50% of the album. Maybe this will be a way to get people to buy the physical product. Happened a good bit 30-35 years ago when the industry wanted us to buy cassettes or CD's instead of vinyl. "CD only bonus tracks" or "cassette only bonus tracks". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Steve Perry, is he the guy from Journey or the Guy from Aerosmith? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Joe Perry is in Aerosmith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 So who the hell is Steve Perry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Steve Perry was the singer on all of the monster Journey hits. Interesting history of that group, which began as a progressive offshoot from Santana with Gregg Rollie and Neal Schon, also Aynsley Dunbar and a very talented Bay Area guitarist named George Tickner. They then transformed into the hitmaking bohemoth they were (and I do love "Who's Crying Now" and "Separate Ways" myself). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Oh, that guy. Why's he doing records for Target, is he married to Amy Grant now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 I'm not a big fan, but he's had some difficult times. Glad he feels motivated to record at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipi Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 What you are seeing are the death throes of a confused industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 hours ago, felser said: Happened a good bit 30-35 years ago when the industry wanted us to buy cassettes or CD's instead of vinyl. "CD only bonus tracks" or "cassette only bonus tracks". It also happened in Japan, where labels often added extra tracks to the Japanese CD so that Japanese fans would not import the cheaper US version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 hours ago, felser said: Happened a good bit 30-35 years ago when the industry wanted us to buy cassettes or CD's instead of vinyl. "CD only bonus tracks" or "cassette only bonus tracks". Hold on, big guy. Name me one album whose CD bonus tracks amounted to half the number of the vinyl tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, GA Russell said: Hold on, big guy. Name me one album whose CD bonus tracks amounted to half the number of the vinyl tracks. Sorry for any confusion. My point was that offering "bonus tracks" on preferred formats dates back to the 80's (at least). That being said, I'm pretty sure I can find a CD release from that era where they added a bonus EP that is half the # of tracks of the original album. Here is one that the CD adds 5 tracks onto a 15 track vinyl album, so that's getting close: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, jlhoots said: I'm not a big fan, but he's had some difficult times. . What happened to him? Serious question, I do/would not know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 4 hours ago, JSngry said: Steve Perry, is he the guy from Journey or the Guy from Aerosmith? Don't forget this Perry, who fronted Spitter for many years: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 They were brothers, ya' know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 55 minutes ago, JSngry said: What happened to him? Serious question, I do/would not know. He stopped playing for years. He then got into a relationship with (apparently) a very nice inspiring woman who died of cancer after they'd been together for a while. More details I don't have. She apparently was the impetus for him to attempt to restart his music career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 story is here I think, not read it but headlines suggest so https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/10/i-believed-love-could-cure-cancer-how-grief-sent-steve-perry-on-a-new-journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, felser said: Sorry for any confusion. My point was that offering "bonus tracks" on preferred formats dates back to the 80's (at least). That being said, I'm pretty sure I can find a CD release from that era where they added a bonus EP that is half the # of tracks of the original album. Here is one that the CD adds 5 tracks onto a 15 track vinyl album, so that's getting close: That's close enough for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 14 hours ago, GA Russell said: Hold on, big guy. Name me one album whose CD bonus tracks amounted to half the number of the vinyl tracks. Fred Jackson - Hootin 'n tootin' Same number of bonus tracks as on the original LP MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 19 hours ago, lipi said: What you are seeing are the death throes of a confused industry. This, and this only. 21 hours ago, felser said: Steve Perry was the singer on all of the monster Journey hits. Interesting history of that group, which began as a progressive offshoot from Santana with Gregg Rollie and Neal Schon, also Aynsley Dunbar and a very talented Bay Area guitarist named George Tickner. They then transformed into the hitmaking bohemoth they were (and I do love "Who's Crying Now" and "Separate Ways" myself). I always thought Only The Young was fantastic as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 14 hours ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said: Fred Jackson - Hootin 'n tootin' Same number of bonus tracks as on the original LP MG That's good MG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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