Quote Originally Posted by Jay Pace
Record shops wholly controlled access to music.
Bingo.

Now the whole digital thing (whatever the format) has totally undermined the stranglehold the labels / shops had over the music industry, and they're mourning the loss of their monopoly.

Suddenly people aren't so keen to pay £7 a ****ing throw for a tune. I don't blame 'em. £7 for a piece of plastic is obscene.

Don't get me wrong, I buy loads of vinyl each month - and I'd never dream of playing out a CD-R of anything unless it's: A) my tune, B) a tune that I cannot get hold of any other way, or C) a joke of some description.

All this dedication to the scene is raping my bank balance though, that's for sure.

Perhaps if labels had a 3 tier structure: £1 download, £3 CD, £5 vinyl... then maybe people might not feel so utterly abused and end up downloading tunes illegally.