Our new sale is live! Around 1,500 new listings, and over 4,000 in all.
The store is at www.fsmcds.com. Or check out the spreadsheet for ease of reading, sorting, etc. (Although, of course, you can’t actually order from the spreadsheet—only the store—and the spreadsheet does not update titles as they sell. But it is faster to go hunting for stuff you want.)
The splash page didn’t work to disable the site as I was uploading titles—but hopefully next time!
Copying from yesterday’s column, about some 500 Academy Awards “For Your Consideration” CDs, promos and CDRs:
We’ve done our best to organize, describe and price these “industry” discs that came our way, but we’ll just have to all figure it out as we go. The “FYC” CDs are easy enough to identify, but it can be very hard to differentiate a pressed CD from a CDR. Sometimes it’s obvious—from a blue or colored playing surface—but other times, it’s super confusing. And while we visually inspect everything, we logically don’t have the time to try to play everything—so I’m concerned some older CDRs might not even scan.
We always aim to keep customers happy and will refund for unplayable discs—but if you like your collection to be immaculate, please understand going in that these CDRs often have a lot of wear and tear. Nowadays, composer and industry personnel (studio execs, agencies, publicists) just send digital files to promote their work, but 10–25 years ago they mailed physical CDRs—which often weren’t labeled for anything more than this utilitarian purpose. (They often lack track lists so we can’t even discern if they are copies of easily available commercial CDs, or rare unreleased scores or cues.)
So we have everything from pressed and printed promos, to CDRs where it was somebody burning a disc, writing the title on it, and slapping it in a case for a contact. And it’s a little hard to price them, because they are, of course, worth what somebody is willing to pay. We’ve put them at anywhere from $3–5 (for obscure composers/scores) to $15–45 for name composers with unreleased cues.
We also have a new batch of autographed titles which came from the collection of Karl Scott, who I remember corresponding with and I was very sorry to hear of his passing. Go here to view pictures of the autographs, and you can find them in the SIGNED category on the store.
Happy shopping, and thank you! As always, write me if you have any questions or the site gives you any trouble.
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