On Wed, 2 Apr 1997 19:11:44 -0600 (CST), you wrote:
quoted 16 lines On 04/02/97 19:21:10 you wrote:>On 04/02/97 19:21:10 you wrote:
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>>has anyone out there picked up the new chem bros single at the outrageous price
>>of $8.99? with tax, for PA, that comes to $9.62 i only paid 10.95 (shipping
>>included) for the new squarepusher ep. what's the deal here? i know we've gone
>>over the astralwerks thing before, but it's just pretty frustrating to see
>>import prices on domestic singles - with only four songs, to boot. oh well...
>>looks like awerks won't be getting my money.
>>alan!
>>
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>While I'm not happy to see astralwerks charging as much as they do for CD singles. I will say one thing on their behalf. It
>costs almost as much to put out a single as it does to put out a full length LP. Labels still have to pay for the media used,
>printing(which is usually about 3/4 to all of what an album usually has), and jewel boxes. If you've noticed, warp cuts
>corners on alot of their cd singles to cut down on some of this by only having the purple and white sleeves instead of full
>color like astralwerks has and also using the slimline cases.
get real. purple bags have nothing to do with cutting corners, they're
not much cheaper than other artworks and besides the last batch were
all requested by the artists involved. having said that slimline cases
are shit. guess i saves thr artist money though, look at it that
way...
g.