| 词条 | Record club |
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A record club was a mail-order retail club for selling records promoted by the major record labels during the 1950s onwards. Major clubs included
Customers usually joined record clubs by agreeing to buy a certain number of records, but a significant number of members would not pay for records they ordered. Record companies saw lower royalties from sales through record clubs than from sales through stores and other means. Also, the clubs could give away up to one free record for every record sold--resulting in about half as much revenue for record companies as they might get through other kinds of distributors.[2] See also
References1. ^Peter Tschmuck Creativity and Innovation in The Music Industry 2012 p.131 "Such clubs however were not a complete commercial success and were partially sold later on." 2. ^{{Cite book|title = All You Need to Know About the Music Business|last = Passman|first = Donald S.|publisher = Free Press|year = 1991–2012|isbn = 978-1-4516-8246-5|location = Toronto, Canada|pages = 160}} 2 : Music retailers|Mail-order retailers |
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