Oh, so now FTD takes notice of what has been bootlegged? When did that happen? Wasn't the line always that FTD took no notice of bootlegs? And Hampton Roads was bootlegged 25 years ago, so you only ignore what's been bootlegged when it comes to crap shows?Ciscoking wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:56 pmIn all honesty and respect I have for you about what you are doing for fans with books etc..this is utter and plain nonsense written by someone who has ZERO idea about what is in the FTD vaults when it comes to SBs ..what has been bootlegged from it...what is floating around from it in collectors circles ...which are fans requests...how can you keep a balance considering all these criteria..and keeping some beauties for the near future..? HOW can you judge ? WHAT is your source for judging ? HOW can you judge that this release belongs to the 10 worst ever released? HOW many shows you have to compare ? I do have 734 out of 1124 and I listened to ALL of them not only once. How many shows do YOU have to judge besides the copied FTD shows by Memphis Recording Service label ?pmp wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:58 pmWell I certainly wouldn't be releasing what is in the top 10 worst concerts Elvis ever gave. Would you?drjohncarpenter wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:13 ampmp wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:32 amdrjohncarpenter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:15 amWhen praising multiple false starts before a perfunctory, 60-second "Hound Dog," and extolling virtues of the show band's closing vamps, it's very possible the plot has been completely lost.
The plot was more likely lost when FTD thought the show deserved an official release in the first place.
Nah.
But of course you, the forum's resident FTD hater, would do such a better job.
But this won't bother you too much, since you don't buy any of these titles.
You just log on here and complain.
I never said it was one of the ten worst ever releases, as I said that one of the concerts was one of the ten worst Elvis gave. There is a difference.
Why don't you tell us of ten shows that are worse? Did you not read the responses from OTHERS about these concerts being released when the FTD was announced? And here the cries of "wtf" were relatively subdued compared to those in Facebook groups. Just admit you made a mistake in the concerts chosen for this release - that's a far better look than pretending all is well and that everyone else is over the moon to get these titles in their collection.
Just because it's there in the vaults doesn't mean it should be released. There were plenty of FTD releases this year, and they are not getting any cheaper, so just stop releasing something for a few months or spread them out a bit more. Let some fans catch up a bit. It's not a race. Use some common sense.
Your attitude towards releases appears to be the same as Parker's. Release everything that's there, whether good or bad, sell it for as much as possible, and care only about quantity rather than quality. We are right back in the 70s in this regard.
And this idea of fan requests is nonsense. The criteria for releasing a show should not be that a member on fecc saw the concert and would like to hear it again. It's utter madness to run a label in that way, especially one for the most influential singer in pop history. If you have 734 concerts in your collection and you want to fulfil a fan's dream of hearing the concert, send them a copy. Done.
What's more, why are you hoarding beauties for the future? What is the point? Elvis fans are not getting younger, and I"m pretty sure that they would want to hear "beauties" before they shuffle off instead of concerts as bad as these. There is no point in keeping the good stuff back at this stage. It makes no sense commercially or artistically, not least because FTD could close at some point, and then those "beauties" are not released at all. But hey, at least you managed to get Hampton Roads 76 out there.
As for me having MRS material, I have the grand sum of 4 of their titles in my collection. This has been stated many times before, but clearly you were too busy listening to bloody awful Elvis shows to notice.