« Johnny Griffin: RIP | Main | The end of an era. »

Yes, the day is fast approaching where our beloved liner notes will only be available online:

Music geeks flipping through the CD booklet for Teddy Thompson's "A Piece of What You Need," released last month by Verve Forecast, may be in for a shock. Instead of the names of the musicians and technicians who worked on the album, or any thank-you's to friends, they'll find a photo of a beach, followed by a blank panel. A sentence in small type directs listeners to Mr. Thompson’s Web site for "full album credits and more details."

Says Teddy,

"I don’t think that many people are buying CDs, and they aren't looking at the booklets. I love reading that stuff, but the days of booklets are over."

And yet, as the article goes on to discuss if music lovers are really ready to make the leap into liner-less recordings, Teddy concludes:

"I may have jumped the gun on it a bit," he said. "I was trying to do the right thing. I thought I could accomplish more in the virtual world."

As it turns out, Teddy did receive complaints from fans about the absence of credits in his CD booklet. The article mentions that "to rectify the problem the British version of the album, out next month, will include full track information."

Read the entire article to see if you share Teddy's fear that "it'll go back to the way it was in the '50s, when you never knew who did the string arrangements on a record. It would be very sad if that happened."

Indeed it would...

Name (required)
Email
Website
Remember personal info? Yes   No
Comments

home | music | democracy | earth | money | projects | about | contact

Site design by Matthew Fries | © 2003-23 Consilience Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Consilience Productions, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
All contributions are fully tax deductible.