quoted 7 lines Kraftwerk.> > Kraftwerk.
> > Computer
> > World.
> > Thirty-four
> > Minutes.
> > Thirty-eight
> > Seconds.quoted 6 lines Nobody says a record has to be pushing the 74-80 minute limit. But the medium> Nobody says a record has to be pushing the 74-80 minute limit. But the medium
> costs more for us poor slags (read: end consumers) to buy. If you want to
> release a 32 minute album, by all means, go ahead. But don't ask the punters
> to pay full price for it. Music costs *far* too much these days as it is.
> (The US $9.99 that buys me one lousy import 12" now used to buy me two full
> new albums.)
I entirely agree. CDs now cost less than 40 UK pence to manufacture -
jewel case, inserts, disc - everything. To then charge upwards of 10
UK Pounds for this is ridiculous, no matter how good the music is.
The high prices are stopping many many young people getting into
music - they simply can't afford to blow that kind of money on music
they've only read or heard about. And that's a shame.
I've heard the new RDJ album, and it's fantastic - I'll probably even
buy the damn thing. But why couldn't the blank 50 minutes be filled with
a selection of the hundreds of hours of unreleased stuff he
supposedly has in the vaults ? Or even the sounds of toilets
flushing... ? ;-)
Aca