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   Hello George!   
      
    GP> I have over 2,000 vinyl LPs & 50-odd 45s. . . All older/classic. . .   
      
   About 1200 LPs, and about 500 45s here.   
      
    GP> I'd be interested in seeing a pie chart comparing sales of: LPs   
    GP> Cassettes   
    GP> CDs   
    GP> MP3s   
      
   I'm sure those stats exist somewhere.   
      
      
    GP> I have 25K+ MP3s, mostly in discography downloaded sets   
    GP> for artists I already  have represented in physical media.   
      
   I've purchased far more CDs thatn I've purchased MP3 downloads.     
   The record clubs such as Columbia House made it easy and     
   somewhat inexpensive.   
      
      
    GP> What we lost in losing LPs is the wonderful & creative   
    GP> album art; like the  Moody Blues -- every album is a   
    GP> wonder, with new delights every time you open  one fully &   
    GP> gaze upon it. . .   
      
   Yes.. the album art and contents (foldouts, inserts, etc) added     
   to a great listening experience.   
      
      
    GP> They try with CD covers, but there's so much less space to   
    GP> work with. . .   
      
   The "booklet" form isn't bad. But the print can be too small.      
   Some CD covers would "fold out" to a larger size, but it tended     
   to get annoying to get them back in place.   
      
      
    GP> I liked having the lyrics printed o the back -- sometimes   
    GP> it was the only way  to know what the lyrics were, for me!   
      
   I remember when user-posted lyrics were FORBIDDEN on the     
   internet.  Now, there is no shortage of sites offering the full     
   lyrics. And those sites even request user input for songs with     
   missing lyrics.   
      
      
    GP> The last physical new album I bought was a Frank Sinatra   
    GP> Greatest Hits CD when  I first heard he died, trying to   
    GP> best the jacking up of prices & potential  scarcity at the   
    GP> old "record store"; now I grab everything digital (MP3s)   
    GP> for  free. . .   
      
   I can't remember the last *NEW* LP I purchased. I gradually     
   continued to acquire some used LPs from thrift shops from time     
   to time.   
      
      
    GP> It's my protest against the stupidity of music pricing,   
    GP> nearly none of which  goes to the artist, in spite of the   
    GP> lying ads saying that piracy hurts the  artists.   
      
   Not to worry. There is still plenty of money flowing in the     
   biz.   
      
      
    GP> I used to party with artists next door to me at a private   
    GP> recording studio; one tried to give me a band tee, but the   
    GP> promoter stopped him & they argued; the  band member said   
    GP> he just wants a fan to be wearing their name so others   
    GP> hear of them.   
      
   Seems short-sighted by the promoter. You were a clear candidate     
   to be a walking billboard.   
      
      
    GP> I have records spanning many years in some artists'   
    GP> careers & can often hear  the album that marked the change   
    GP> from being artists expressing their love of  their art, &   
    GP> their becoming slaves of the corporate hegemony.   
      
   I haven't heard too many stories like that.  But I have heard     
   of artists losing the rights to their own material due to some     
   small print in their contracts.   
      
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