The Eagles bypass traditional record label deal and make Wal-Mart the excusive distributor of their upcoming new album.
Wal-Mart never seems to catch a break these days, with everybody from the environmentalists, the unions, and the legislators always hounding them with complaints and concerns.
They did however, manage to land a major coup recently in signing a deal with The Eagles band of 70’s country rock fame.
The Eagles have no traditional record label deal, and after watching the file-sharing websites rise to power, they were open to any path to keep their connection with fans.
‘This is the world we live in,’ said Don Henley, singer-songwriter fro the band. “In the big picture, they can’t be any more evil than a major record label.”
The album, he said, is due to Wal-Mart ‘in the next 60 to 90 days,’ but the real deadline on Henley’s mind is the tour that will follow.
He believes that they have one mour tour in them, that’s it, and then they would just “ride off into the sunset. Though I can’t help myself thinking that’s what every bands says about their so-called “last tour.” How long has “The Cure” been on their last tour? The Eagles even already had their “Hell Freezes Over” tour that ended their previous laments of no more tours.
In any event, it’s interesting to see a major recording artist bypass the traditional record labels and make a deal on his own terms free of any restrictions are prerequisites.
What I’d like to see is how the numbers play out in terms of revenue and costs. The major record labels are always so adamant about 20 bucks a pop for a CD despite it’s real value to the consumer, that anytime you are able to see it done differently it merits a closer look.
Being the “low-cost leader” that it is, I wonder just how cheap Wal-Mart will be able to bring the product to market and what the eventual cost per unit will be.
Could this also mean that record labels will eventually get forced out of business like most of our main street mom-an-pop stores have been already? Probably not but, who knows. If there’s one thing a good capitalist like me enjoys, it’s competition. Let the games begin.
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The Eagles are one of my favorite bands of all time. I am glad they are giving a black eye to the 4 major record companies by going with wal-mart….I don’t see either one as “more clean” than the other though.
So I think Don Henleys right….one is no more worse of than the other in talking about being evil.