Live At The Paradiso and Radiant Sea, Fan Favor or Money Grab? Options

[Hoodstock]

With info now released about "Live At The Paradiso" I'm seeing this connection. Radiant Sea and Live At The Paradiso have a collection of live songs (RS has random concert recordings and LATP has parts of a concert) and two previously unreleased and unheard songs each.

Essentially they are the same type of album (with the exception of the DVD).

First of all, is this now the type of release that we can expect from Live - live material with a pair of new songs?

Secondly, why is Live doing this? They are essentially releasing the same type of album to their fanbase twice in a row. Why release them both back to back?

I know that fanclub members only had to pay shipping for RS, but do you feel that Live is doing this for their fans or they are attempting a money grab at their fanbase with the release of 4 new songs on 2 seperate albums.

I'm actually happy about both releases but I want to ask an honest question based on the connection I see between the albums.

[Gertjan]

Another difference is that Radiant Sea was a 'in the margin' release (on their own label, only available from the FOL site so it reached the hardcore fans only) and Live At The Paradiso will be in shops sort-of-worldwide and is supported by a radio single and (possibly) a tour.

[SecretInsomnia]

Another difference is that Radiant Sea was a 'in the margin' release (on their own label, only available from the FOL site so it reached the hardcore fans only) and Live At The Paradiso will be in shops sort-of-worldwide and is supported by a radio single and (possibly) a tour.

exactly! So Hoodstock, didn't you really get what I explained in my post? What you did was just comparing the back cover of both cd's and say: 'ohw well they've both live recordings on it, ohw and both new songs. Well that must be the same thing '

YOU better wake up. Asking non-Live fans about this is just really stupid, because they don't see a difference. No ofcourse they don't! They don't know the band, so they don't know their songs or the fact they've never released a proper DVD before!! They don't (because as non Live fans they can't!) relealise the different way of release: independent on your own label for your fans without letting the outside world know much about it (RS) vs a worldwide release that - as I said before - was a plan for many many years now (LATP). Both are not a full concert, but Paradiso was recorded intentially to make it one CD and DVD that could be released as one show, not some different bootlegs as RS was.

Well I can go on for hours like this, but if you don't understand the thing said in this post so far, I think it's pretty much useless.