[direwolf74]

the lack of vault releases kills me. Easy $ left on the table.

Yup, I've been saying the exact same thing since they stopped. Pearl Jam, Wilco, and the Black Crowes are making a killing with their live download/vault releases. It's absolutely baffling to me why the Hip would stop releasing them. A lot of easy money left on the table for sure. The Hip have been recording all their live shows since 1995. What's the point in doing that if it's just gonna sit in some vault collecting dust? Same thing goes for the long-rumored rarities/b-sides album. After 12 studio albums, these guys must be sitting on a mountain of unreleased material. This stuff needs to be liberated! I remember an interview with Paul way back when they were promoting Music@Work. He mentioned that they had recorded around 30 songs for that record, and that they could have easily released a double album if they wanted. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd step over my own mother to hear some of those songs. Perhaps they're waiting until they hang it up before they release all that stuff. Who knows.

We're all pretty much begging the Hip to take our money, and they're not doing anything about it. Goddamn, this band is frustrating sometimes.