Comments on: JB Hi-Fi To Ditch CD Singles

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:58:23 +0000

Oh Phixxit, thank god for you!! With a generation that things a single is a one track download, they are missing the point and the history…I will never get rid of my singles nor stop buying them (I buiy allot from the UK through http://www.actionrecords.co.uk http://www.recordstore.co.uk and several retailers have ebay stores on the UK ebay site. Yes, the labels really got it wrong when they started doing 2 track singles, but you can see they did it to reflect the cost of a download rather than giving fans who support the physical format as a CD can fit so much audio content.
There is also a generation that thinks that making a CD is easy because CD-R’s are cheap, it’s such an amazing technology that is my way of making sure the tracks I like will remain in a format I can always refer to…who is to say in 5 years time that several legal online stores go bust and the playing licenses they issue with payment suddenly are lost? Then what do you have? Possibly a cd burn of the tracks as back up but other than that, not something that will last.
And it does puzzle me why labels commission remixes and not do anything with them…if they think that hearing an amazing mix at a club, online or on the radio is going to make you want to buy the normal album version, it’s so wrong! remixes take a song to a different level and become wanted for that very fact.
And yay to Lauren as play4me and chaos are the best Australian online stores.
Thanks do go out to JB Hi Fi for always providing a good range of all new releases, including singles….I understand the decision, the format is dying (which isn’t helped by warner music australia releasing the new Little Boots single as a 1 track cd single…who will buy this the same time as their album coming out? Pointless and that is a waste of cd materials.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:37:30 +0000

Ahoy. We still sell singles on chaos.com, and play4me.com.au for those collectors still interested.
Singles – http://chaos.com/promos/singles/

By: PHIXXIT

PHIXXIT — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:28:12 +0000

Record companies killed the single by only putting 2 tracks on them – idiots !!!
They are desperate for cash but have no idea how to.
They spend thousands commisioning mixes that never get really released.
No wonder this poor industry is in decline.
I think it is time for a changing of the guard !
It is such a shame MP3 is the format of choise these days – such BAD quality sound……
Anyone can tell the difference.
As to why buy singles – well they USED to have mixes and exclusive content and the like.
They have been around forever.
If we must buy downloadable singles – I say make them a singles package – with mixes, b sides etc.

By: Steve McQuarrie

Steve McQuarrie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:46:06 +0000

Great idea… what a waste of a whole CD for a single and a couple of B sides. Think of the positives in terms of saved landfill alone.

If good lossless alternatives are promoted I don’t see why this would have a negative effect on people that like to buy their music as singles a-la-iTunes. Likely better for the environment and probably cheaper for the consumer too.

By: Ed Robertson

Ed Robertson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:01:03 +0000

digital download ftw

By: Angus Kidman

Angus Kidman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:46:48 +0000

The online store currently is out of stock on every single one of the ARIA Top 10 — that doesn’t look promising to me.

By: Bungs

Bungs — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:58:46 +0000

why buy singles?

By: mr-crash

mr-crash — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:54:42 +0000

hmm, 78records if you’re in Western Australia.
Rare Records if you’re in Victoria.
Redeye or Utopia maybe if you’re in NSW.

Not sure about other states sorry, but those are probably my favourites :)

By: D

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:20:20 +0000

I believe JB Online will still sell singles.
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au