Because home taping is killing home cd burning. Patrick Amory, Matador Records 1. Doug Nyce's cookies and treats list. Dave Martin, Matador Records 1. A program that will allow listeners to get records for free, while charging radio stations and writers for promos.
Plans are in the works to levy additional charges handling and insurance and incidentals.
Riding the sales momentum of Ken Burns' JAZZ series, Matador will release a 400 cd box set of Louis Armstrong's catalog. If successful, Matador will follow up the Armstrong release with a 500 CD box set of Wynton Marsalis. Highlights of the set include Wynton brilliantly kissing his own ass, as well as his memorable firing of all the white Jews from the Lincoln Center Jazz Band. Look for it late 2001. The daring move was decided when both artists said they would rather tour on each others records.