> While I can understand the frustration of not being able to get a track (and > you should try living in this city - Sheffield/UK - we get so little we have > to pay high import shipping and tax - that never going to change so why > moan about it), isn't it just a fact of life, I don't think the labels have > set out to keep the masses out, in the UK you'll be lucky to shift 2000 > copies 12" but in Germany you can clear 5000. It just scale of economy that > stop label releasing in large numbers, no one wants there cash standing > still in dead stock, I know we can't afford to do that. > > So what's the way forward? How about mp3's - there's lots of good CD DJ gear > out there now, would you pay for an Mp3?
it seems at the moment that most people wouldn't (we all like the feel of the media (vinyl/cd) in our hands, right?) but when systems such as final scratch become more widely, and cheaply, available then perhaps people will. this brings up the distiction between collectors and djs, most of the people on the list (i'm guessing) are a little of both. robin...
