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Old 18th September 2008   #140
shmasterer
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Originally Posted by te-problematique View Post
I think it's entirely reasonable that this album got market tested before being released and that this was the mix that passed. hell they probabaly made a bunchof different ones then focus grouped them. This is a major record with lots of dollars, the record company would want to mitigate as much risk as possible. Also there'd be no risk of it being leaked through those channels, they can afford lawyers remember.
FWIW, I worked at a Major Label for over 18 years in LA, and I never heard of this happening even once, but hey, they only woke me up for the important meetings.

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