Re: [ARSCLIST] music distribution + radiohead

[Bob Olhsson <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
>From Steven C. Barr: "...All of a sudden, a "new album" went from around $5
to around $20...in
one fell swoop!..."

There were several factors in addition to inflation.

First off, at around the same time songwriters got a substantial royalty
increase after having been saddled with a statutory two cents a copy rate
since the days of player pianos. Second, record stores decided that they
were no longer going to discount CDs as they had vinyl. Record labels got
around a three dollar a copy increase but had to eat another dollar or so in
royalty payments. Meanwhile record stores enjoyed a 12 to 14 dollar per unit
increase and soon stopped stocking vinyl.


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