In Reply to: Re: FYI . . . posted by Martin419 on September 10, 2005 at 08:16:02:
That was due to the fact that completely different companies own the release rights to the Dire Straits material in Europe than in the US. BIA came out on Warner in the US, and Warner has never put a SPARS code on their pop/rock CDs in the US (with the exception of the '80s releases on the Island label, which was owned by Warner at the time). In Europe, however, BIA came out on Mercury (Vertigo), owned by PolyGram (now part of Universal Music Group) -- and they've been putting SPARS codes on their CDs since the early days of CD.
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Follow Ups
- Re: FYI . . . - ILoveJazz 08:43:52 09/10/05 (5)
- You are correct Warner Bros. disliked using the SPARS code because they were setting on all these great Analog masters - Teresa 16:44:31 09/10/05 (3)
- Re: You are correct Warner Bros. disliked using the SPARS code because they were setting on all these great Analog maste - ILoveJazz 18:47:50 09/10/05 (2)
- Re: You are correct Warner Bros. disliked using the SPARS code because they were setting on all these great Analog maste - Martin419 02:11:46 09/11/05 (1)
- Re: You are correct Warner Bros. disliked using the SPARS code because they were setting on all these great Analog maste - ILoveJazz 04:25:14 09/11/05 (0)
- Thanks for the clarification (nt) - racerguy 10:19:57 09/10/05 (0)