A "kind" friend sent me 2 CD's of Asia live at the Carling Academy Glasgow, from their recent gig.
It's a reasonable quality soundboard recording, made for sale ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW.........
The Academy holds about 1,500, I'm told, & was a sell out, according to my friend, so if a band were playing there, lets say, and took orders BEFORE the show, lets say, & produced the number of discs ordered, & a small number over, lets say..... Fans could be walking away from every gig they attended on a tour with an instant souvenir, without the massive production costs of a pressing which might or might not sell out from their website or online retailers.....
This could be a way to replace the Tree, if a band such as, lets say, TD were to do this on the 2007/8 tour......
Just a wild idea, but Asia showed it works.