Music Re-Release Quotes

When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.

For a long time, I thought when you do a box set, you're giving up; you're saying, 'OK, I don't have anything left.' But now I've listened to some of the old stuff I haven't heard in 20 to 40 years with fresh ears. It's like, 'Oh yeah, I can see where people might want to to hear some of this stuff that didn't make it onto the records.'

The re-releases have more than doubled the amount of Led Zeppelin work out there. I wanted it done authoritatively, 'cause I was the one writing the stuff; I was the producer and mixer. I don't think it's any more weird than writing your autobiography.

When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes what was fine left on its own.

It is true that the record company are always thinking of new ways to flog New Order to people.

Remixed songs in a way are helping the legendary songs revive their charm and reach out to the newer generations.

I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.