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I pressed only 100 of each disc, advertised and got in touch with many of the major suppliers here in the UK to take the discs. 4 years after producing my 1st disc I still have quite a bit of stock left.
It seems that if you are not producing something new every month you very quickly go off people's radar and they stop ordering from you.

Laughing Gnome Karaoke Tracks for their only listed disc:

1)The Chauffer - Duran Duran
2)Love's Great Adventure - Ultravox
3)Talking Loud And Clear - OMD
4)Louise - Human League
5)Oh L'Amour - Erasure
6)I'm Ok - Christina Aguilera
7)Be My Baby - Vanessa Paradis
You're Gorgeous - Babybird
9)Bedsitter - Soft Cell
10)Davy's On The Road Again - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
11) Wanderlust - Paul McCartney
12) Fields Of Athenry - Irish Traditional

Scratching my head wondering why THAT disc isn't flying off the shelves!

Here's an example of someone putting together a disc for a niche market (karaoke) within a niche market (missing tracks/obscure 'B' side stuff).

I've not ever heard the disc, but it could be amazingly produced and performed. I wouldn't ever look for that disc, and neither would anyone I know, just because nobody is ever going to ask to sing any of those songs.

Major manus produce what they're reasonably sure they can sell.. and what they can sell is the stuff that's either popular and current, or the stuff that charted well.

Sure, there are people that may want to sing Wanderlust by Paul McCartney.. but they're the extreme minority of karaoke singer.. maybe one in 1,000.

But if you're willing to ship to the U.S., Gnome dude.. i'll buy one of 'em.. provided shipping isn't insane.

PM me, dude.

Yes these are the discs from Laughing Gnome Karaoke.

Feel like this has gone bit off topic and apologies to the Mods if they feel the same.

There were 7 discs made although they are labelled 1 to 8, there was no disc 5 as I couldn't get the rights to several songs.

More info can be found here for track listings

www.gnomekaraoke.co.uk

http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp I've purchased rights to reproduce here in the past......

What does HFA do?
The Harry Fox Agency represents music publishers for their mechanical and digital licensing needs. We issue licenses and collect and distribute royalties on our affiliated publisher's behalf. This includes licensing for the recording and reproduction of CDs, ringtones, and Internet downloads. HFA no longer issues synchronization (or synch) licenses for the use of music in advertising, movies, music videos, and television programs, but we do collect and distribute on synch licenses that were granted prior to our discontinuation of synch service in 2002. HFA also conducts royalty examinations, investigates and negotiates new business opportunities, and pursues piracy claims.

HFA delivers a diversified suite of copyright, licensing, royalty distribution, technology and consulting services to key music industry participants. HFA can provide our clients with speed-to-market and cost-efficiencies that eliminate the need to invest in infrastructure and staff to handle back-office functions.
HFA does not:

Issue synchronization (aka "synch") licenses for the use of music in advertising, movies, music videos and television programs.
Represent songwriters and publishers for the placement of their music in films and for use by other performers.
Administer performance rights that permit the play or performance of the music in a public setting such as a restaurant, concert hall, radio station, or nightclub.
Issue print rights that are required to change the lyrics, or to publish them in printed form.
Issue master use rights that permit the use of an original artist recording.
Provide clearance for the use of samples.
HFA is often confused with the performing rights societies, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. Performing rights are separate and apart from mechanical rights, and are necessary to obtain for public performance of copyrighted music, such as at concerts, radio and television broadcasts, and the like. We suggest you contact these companies if you are interested in any performance rights or synch licenses. These companies also represent songwriters and publishers for the placement of their music in films and for use by other performers. We suggest you contact these companies if you are interested in only performance rights, synch licenses, or clearance for the use of samples. HFA does not provide any of these services.

Neither HFA nor the performing rights companies issue the rights for printed lyric reproduction.

For "master use" or sampling rights, you will also need to contact the owner of the master recording, usually the record company that issued the original recording. You can discover what record label issued the recording by looking it up on a retail website, such as Amazon.com.