I think this strategy of releasing 'deluxe' / 'super-deluxe' editions are killing off the already-precarious cd market. They should just release everything they have! Or release what is true to the artist's original context - no less, no more. The album should be *the album*.
I bought Kimbra's debut album 'Vows' on the day of release, and to be honest, the album falls a little flat. There are just not enough upbeat tracks on it, making it quite a dull affair. I was disappointed, after so much anticipation for it. However, a couple of months after this release, out came an 'American Edition', and in New Zealand this was branded the 'Deluxe' edition. It had the sizzling single 'Come Into My Head' and 'Posse' - suddenly Vows was brimming with upbeat tunes and making the album worth buying.
Unfortunately for me, I had already bitterly sold my original basic edition and then suddenly there was this great new re-release only a couple of months in. I felt quite ripped off. So you know what I did? I downloaded the new deluxe edition with zero guilt. No way was I going to pay for it twice.
As for the Macca re-release, I may need to do the same thing. As cool as NEW is, heck I'd say it's his best album since Flowers in the Dirt, maybe not far behind Tug of War.. but unless there's another album's worth of previously-unreleased material, I probably won't buy it. Unless the DVD is really worth getting.
