The Vinyl LP...When Does The Hurting Stop... Bend and Flush

 

When does the hurting stop...?  I took the liberty of cutting out all the horseshit involved with some article which appeared nationaly here in newspapers last week regarding some severe fuckery which is close at hand.  Of course the cash in motherfuckers that are major record labels are like the many these last coupla years taking advantage of the global gift of the covid pandemic.  

The constant raising of prices starting with manufacturing and an LP getting to your turntable at home has been ongoing for over a decade at breakneck speed 

from my perspective.  I laugh at the amount of fucking emails I get from distro eveyday, everyweek for months and months and even years now regarding this issue.  In all honesty I don't look at them ever and they go straight to trash no matter what label is involved (they all are).  

This whole topic is actually really fucking boring at the end of the day.  There's not much you can do about it either.  You either buy the LP or fucking don't, end of.  Here's the gist of the newspaper article which was entitled "Blood From A Stone".

Pieced together from article in The Toronto Sun, Wednesday, Jan 4th, 2023

"Independent music stores shared the heartless news Wednesday that major record labels like Universal Music Canada and Warner Music Canada are increasing their prices for vinyl albums two days after Valentine’s Day. Prices are going to be rising by upwards of 30% .  Some albums distributed by Universal are only seeing $1-$5 increases, but higher markups are also scheduled next month."                                                                                                                                                                The Pork Dukes - Bend And Flush