Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
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No, you didn't read the headline wrongly - Tesco have un-banned Goldie Lookin Chain's new album, 'Greatest Hits', which is out today (Monday, September 13).
When GLC discovered Tesco had plans not to stock the album, with an abundance of swearing and such tactful titles as 'Your Mother's Got A Penis' presumably the motivation, the Newport crew decided to take action.
But when Tesco got wind of GLC's scheme to picket the Harlech Retail Park branch of their hometown, the supermarket giant did a 360 degree about turn and conceded defeat - apparently, you now will be able to pick up 'Greatest Hits' with your bananas, bread and copy of The Sun.
GLC are also bringing the rap to Cardiff this afternoon with a signing session and live PA in the city's Virgin Megastore.
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Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
'a 360 degree about turn'
GCSE maths, people!
GCSE maths, people!
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Key Stage 2 level actually: I'm sure you are expected to understand angles by age 11
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
yeah, but at one point they must have decided to ban it. therefore, before that instant, they hadn't banned it. so the 360 degree turn would get them back to that pre-ban spot, wouldn't it? however, i don't think the correspondent was being that clever/pedantic.
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
Although nobody should buy CDs from supermarkets anyway, if they care about the support of new music.
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i don't care about the support of Goldie Lookin' Chain.
I wouldn't buy my ymss cds from their though.
I wouldn't buy my ymss cds from their though.
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At least we don't have Wal-Mart over here (technically). Sheryl Crow got banned from Wal-Mart, for fuck's sake.
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
One of the biggest mistakes the music industry ever made was allowing Supermarkets to sell CD'S.
ANYWAY - those guys watch WAAAAAY to much television.
"Don't diss my nan,
Don't call her a slag,
'Cos she gives me change out her fuckin' handbag"
ANYWAY - those guys watch WAAAAAY to much television.
"Don't diss my nan,
Don't call her a slag,
'Cos she gives me change out her fuckin' handbag"
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errrrr yes we do.
there's one in Bristol and one in Manchester. There's probably others too but i haven't seen them.
there's one in Bristol and one in Manchester. There's probably others too but i haven't seen them.
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
your mothers got a penis. genuis.
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Really? Ew. Never seen one myself. Although don't they own Asda or something?
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
Call me ignorant (because in this case I am) but what's wrong with supermarkets selling CD's?
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Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
They shud be allowed to sell them, they're just providing a service like any other business. Often theyr'e also cheaper than in HMV/Virgin Megastores e.t.c.
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Over a period of time, if a band is lucky it comes to the attention of a lot of people. Hopefully that's down to gigging and radio play... but also down to you being able to buy the CDs. So record shops stock them. But unless it's a big band, you won't see it in the supermarkets - try finding, say, the new Fiery Furnaces album in there. Then, presto!... every now and then a band becomes famous. And once it is, the supermarkets sell it for little or no profit, denying revenue to the shops that helped support the band in the first place. The record shops do all the work, then the big supermarkets use their purchasing power to make money. They don't do anything for new music and breaking new bands - and if you buy CDs from them, you risk helping other record shops to close. And you may not even hear, say, the next Franz Ferdinand (again, that's an example and it doesn't matter whether you like them or not). Because there will be no shops to 'break' them for you one day...
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
Well if you're going to suggest that you shouldn't buy records from supermarkets, then you should also add the big chains of HMV, Virgin etc. These guys price out cd's so badly that it makes the hyper-inflation of Germany-old and the Soviet Union, look like a pittance
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
Gail Force 3 are gonna eat GLC for breakfast! Except they don't shop at Tesco, more like Waitrose.
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I like franz
Thanks for explaining that to me though I'm not convinced it's all that bad. Yes supermarkets only stock already big bands rather than supporting new music but surely that means that the new music is left to the independant shops, they've got their business there. Few smaller record shops stock all that much of the chart stuff anyway. The main people supermarkets take business from would be hmv and virgin and they take business from the nice independant shops anyway so I don't mind them suffering.
That's the way it seems to be anyway, though naturally I may be very wrong
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Thanks for explaining that to me though I'm not convinced it's all that bad. Yes supermarkets only stock already big bands rather than supporting new music but surely that means that the new music is left to the independant shops, they've got their business there. Few smaller record shops stock all that much of the chart stuff anyway. The main people supermarkets take business from would be hmv and virgin and they take business from the nice independant shops anyway so I don't mind them suffering.
That's the way it seems to be anyway, though naturally I may be very wrong
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Yeah, don't buy your CDs from supermarkets, buy them from cheap websites instead! Yay!
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
I work for tesco and that is ridiculous!
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
Has Tesco also decided to stop selling mem's magazines and 18 rated videos full of guns n' violence? I love cheap moralism.
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
I take it no-one's here has ever shopped in a supermarket for anything ever then?
Exactly. I'm poor and supermarkets are cheap - you can see my dillema...
Exactly. I'm poor and supermarkets are cheap - you can see my dillema...
Goldie Lookin Chain un-banned by Tesco
Supermarkets drive down cost and as a result reduce the profits of the majors, who arrogantly save costs on thier A+R departments, whch gives smaller labels the advantage, so there.
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