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Topic: ProgesSon Music - New Releases
Posted By: ProgLucky
Subject: ProgesSon Music - New Releases
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 06:35
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Press Release ProgresSon Music announces its next three CD reissues: CONVENTUM: “À l’Affût d’un Complot”, “Le Bureau Central des Utopies”,
and CHARLES KACZYNSKI: “ Lumière de
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Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 15:58
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Now this is all very nice,but they should stop reissuing stuff that's already been released on CD;(Maneige's Ni Vent...,Libre-service,Live a L'reveché,Conventum's both albums and Pollen).
Yves Laferrière's album though, was a super dooper big surprise!
Those who enjoy Maneige,Contraction and Toubabou should get this one.
It's an unknown classic!
Here's what I would like released:
1.All the Morse Code albums
2.Both Sloche
3.Frank Dervieux
4.June Wallack
5.Vos Voisins
6.Michel Lefrancois
7.Aquarelle
8.Jacques Rivets(first lp)
9.Solstice(both)
10.Dionysos,Le garnd jeux,Musique de mes amis...
------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: Progfans
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 17:37
Add: All sloches albums All Octobre albums ------------- La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche |
The Rock wrote:Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 17:42
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Yo Elvis! I did list both Sloche albums,at no.2!
Salut! ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 17:50
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And I should've added;
Ungava
Serge Locat
Dionne/Bregent
Michel Madore
Boule de son
ect.... ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: Progfans
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 19:12
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sorry i haven t see sloche but they are make in japenesse pressing cds
------------- La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 11:18
Yeah I know.
But those are bootleg copies.
I own some of Tachika's ''reissues'' namely Eternité,Robert Connolly and Fireballet's Two Two.
Despite the fact that these aren't legitimate and unofficial,they do sound amazingly good,almost like if they were done from the master tapes.
And they come in mini lp sleeves replica.Cool. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 23:51
Some could not get them the first time though! Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 23:52
Don't worry, they're not :). Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 00:07
I know,but they do sound good nevertheless.  ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 00:23
Still,I think that some albums needed re-issuing much sooner than those 5 already out on cd re-re-iisues.
 The list is just endless,and what do we get instead?
3 Maneige albums that have been out for over a decade on cd,while those who badly needed reissing are still left un issued(the first couple and the later ones)
Both Conventums-no emergency in re-re-issuing them IMHO
Pollen-dito,the kozzak edition was just fine
Now that you're done with all the Kozak/Mezo catalogue,let's hope we'll see some albums that are crying for re-issuing like those I've listed and then some....
You guys are doing a fine job,but I don't think those 5 were that urgent.
On the other hand it's nice to see Contraction,VEBB,Toubabou,Orchestre Sympatique,Laferière and Kascinsky finally out on cd.
What about the other 2 O.S.?
Regards,
The Rock ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 13:37
I can tell you without doubt there is greater demand for the middle period of Maneige than for the final period. The early studio stuff is gated by EMI. We plan to do it all in time.
The early response to these has been quite good though.
Sure, if you already had it, it was fine. The fact is that Pollen is our best international seller. If it didn't need to be done urgently it would be a weak seller. The ones that have been previously on CD (which were all long unavailable by the time we came along) have been among our best sellers. It is important to distinguish between what you personally want and what the market wants. Of course I'd like to do stuff that has not been on CD at all because I have all the Kozak catalog already. But the market is not my personal collection.
Fair enough. I am familliar with all the albums you listed and we have plans towards most of them. As I'm sure you know it's not simply a question of saying "Well I like these ones the best so we'll do those.". That's what Tachika can do but for us it's not that simple. We have to consider:
* Who has the rights? Will they work with us?
* Can we track down the artists? Will they work with us?
* Where are the tapes? If they're missing or destroyed, do we do it from vinyl or do we wait to find the tapes?
* How expensive is this to put out? For a label of our size, to put out nine in a year, some have to be less expensive than others to do.
* How will this sell in Quebec?
* How will this sell internationally?
Yes, and I have to say for many of these the sales prospects are far from certain. Some of the releases we have done like Pollen have allowed us to fund a release like OS or Laffy that, as much as I like them, do not get a lot of attention around the Internet.
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What about the other 2 O.S.? [/QUOTE]
These won't happen yet, as the later two albums have less commercial potential and the first has not sold strongly enough at this point to make doing the next two a good idea right away.
Regards,
Sean / ProgQuebec |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:47
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Funny thing,I was in a local record shop this afternoon,and was talking with other like minded prog freaks,and most of us already own all of the mezzo catalogue.
Most of us basically shared the same opinion;that is, a little frustration with so many great quebec titles not out yet,while some others,(Maniege,Conventum,Pollen) could have waited a bit...
Probably out of selfishness,but nonetheless frustrating.
Another phenomenon I 've noticed lately,a lot of Mezzo CDs finding their way into used record shops for less than 10$ each.That could hurt the sales of your editions,I guess.
I know Aut'chose have contacted you to put out their 3 70's albums but you guys didn't want to put out their third(cauchmar américain),and wanted to put out a compilation instead.Why?
These would have done good I guess.
And Francoeur has mint,still wrapped copies of those lps,ready for re-issue!
They are still trying to find a deal btw.
Regards,
The Rock ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:07
Fair enough, but then I would expect that our non-Mezzo titles like Orchestre Sympathique and Yves Laferriere should sell more in Quebec than the Mezzos, but they do not. So I don't know what to say.
Yeah, always a risk.
Where did you get this info? It is news to me. Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:33
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OK, checked up on the Aut'Chose thing. They have not been in contact with us. A compilation has already been put out by Unidisc a few years back. Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 19:13
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L'O.S. and Laferrière are not household name,but I believe Morse Code and Sloche would sell like hot cakes,so would some Octobre and Vos Voisins.
For Aut'Chose,it's Ronald McGregor who told me so,he's the band's webmaster.
Salut.
The Rock ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 19:20
Ok now Sean,enough of this useless debate!
Please tell us what's coming up on your wonderful label,short and long term.
Any surprises?
 Bye.
The Rock ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 19:45
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Our first September release will be an archive by Maneige, which I posted out in the main prog forum in the "Maneige and Conventum" thread. We'll have two more to announce pretty soon :). Regards, Sean |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 00:57
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Btw,I have purchased an album by a band called Agharta.
What an album!
They released it on their own label, 123jam, or something and it sounds just great!
I thought you guys were gonna put it out.
Oh well,doesn't matter,as long as it's available.
For those who don't know this neat little band,well, they were a cool band playing soft world beat tinged jazz fusion a la Weather Report/Mahavishnu/Metheney/Corea.
They were part of a current that was very popular in Quebec in the late 70's that also eralded Maneige,L'Orchestre Sympatique,Aquarell,Solstice,Syncope,Toubabou,ect...
They released their only (self-titled) album in 1981 and now it's out on CD for the first time ever for all of us to enjoy!
So dig it and dig it!  ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 12:51
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Cool, where did you pick it up? Andre wanted to work with us but we were not able to schedule it fast enough I think. Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 00:52
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Sean, I picked it up on their website,thru YOUR website.Just click on the link at the bottom of their entry and voilà!You're in.Just go there:www.123jam.com ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 09:57
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Alain, Cool! Well I'm glad it's out on CD and I will have to pick up a copy. Regards, Sean |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 22:54
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Great!
Gald I was able to help you.
Btw,I should have mentioned that legendary percussionist Michel Séguin guested on their album,another good reason to snatch it.
And how did you find out about my name???
 Tiguidou! ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: smcfee
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 10:55
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YO, Your name's in your profile :). I have the Agharta on vinyl, just will upgrade it to CD at some point I think. Michel's solo album was also on the JAM label, called "Esprit des Vents". That is a pretty cool one, Miroslav Vitous plays on it too. I think those are the only two albums on the JAM label, don't think much of that type of music was selling at that point. Regards, Sean |