Label loyalty

[Mark]

Why on earth would anyone be loyal to a company for anything?  When it comes to music, I'm interested in repertoire and performances; labels are utterly unimportant.

I agree, believe it or not. But I still conform to this insane loyalty.

I have a rule of thumb: seller/service provider pleases me and does what I expect, when I ask for it and at the price I agree to pay, I tend to stay loyal. Otherwise, screw 'em.

Of course, I'm as fickle as the next guy, so that rule does get broken.

[Brian]

Oh, another thing, I like to read liner notes in small moments, like the bathroom or when on the phone with a dull person. So good liner notes are highly valued 

[Harry Collier]

Why on earth would anyone be loyal to a company for anything?  When it comes to music, I'm interested in repertoire and performances; labels are utterly unimportant.

I agree. Flicking through my "awaiting listening" pile I see: Avie, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos Historical, Orfeo, Hallé, Supraphon Archiv, BIS, Channel Classics, Virgin Classics (EMI), Nascot, Chandos, Brilliant Classics .. and the old reissues from EMI, Decca and Philips. It's a whole new world out there! Thank goodness, and all praise to Allah. Maybe somoene could tell Norman Lebrecht?

                                                                           

[Don]

Why on earth would anyone be loyal to a company for anything?  When it comes to music, I'm interested in repertoire and performances; labels are utterly unimportant.

Agreed.  I always go with repertoire.  And I also agree with the poster who pointed out the very narrow range of composers we get from the so-called major record companies. 

[Brian]

And I also agree with the poster who pointed out the very narrow range of composers we get from the so-called major record companies. 

Absolutely. If Jean-Yves Thibaudet's new album had the concerti of Moszkowski and Paderewski instead of two by Saint-Saens, I would be the biggest Decca fan in the room. But never mind ... (and I'll probably still get the CD from the school library anyway, when it arrives).

[Mark]

It's a whole new world out there! Thank goodness, and all praise to Allah. Maybe somoene could tell Norman Lebrecht?

[Dancing Divertimentian]

And I also agree with the poster who pointed out the very narrow range of composers we get from the so-called major record companies. 

Absolutely. If Jean-Yves Thibaudet's new album had the concerti of Moszkowski and Paderewski instead of two by Saint-Saens, I would be the biggest Decca fan in the room.

This is my view as well but the last time I voiced such a sentiment I got flogged by the hard-line "core repertoire" extremists.

But I feel better knowing I'm not alone!