quoted 7 lines What's with the lack of CD player owners in the UK? I know your> What's with the lack of CD player owners in the UK? I know your
> economy is generally lack-luster, but I always thought the music
> industry was as big over there as in the US--surely they would squeeze
> out vinyl in favor of larger profits with CDs. BTW, what's the going
> price for CDs in the UK? I generally pay 20-25$ for UK imported CDs
> and 10-13$ for domestic (US) CDs. I remember back in the mid-80's
> paying around $18 for import CDs and $15 for domestic. What happened?
Partly, the problem is that the music industry is trying to make too
much money out of CD's over here. It's not unusual to pay 13 quid
(about 30 dollars) for a UK domestic release on CD!
For whatever reason, the UK is about 3 to 4 years behind the US in
terms of the death of vinyl. In fact, the (bogus) excuse that the
record companies give for their high prices is the extra cost of
having to release on 3 formats (CD, cassette and vinyl) compared with
2 in the US....
Cosmic