There's a new pressing of ▲ by Slow Magic available on clear vinyl!
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slowmagic.bandcamp.comPosted Feb 10, 2015, 6:11 AM UTC
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slowmagic.bandcamp.com$20 USD? Jesus Christ some labels are cashing in on the growing vinyl trend... if I click "buy now" it tells me it's gonna cost a total of $48.69 AUD with shipping. Ridiculous.
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Not really. Have you ever tried pressing vinyl records before? As a musician, I've looked into it and decided it isn't worth the cost. In almost all cases you have to purchase a minimum of ~300 records at about $3000USD. That's $10 a record, but with bare bones specifications. Adding a colored sleeve, center sticker, and color (even this clear vinyl) drastically increases the price. It's a very expensive process and $20 is a pretty common price for a record. I would venture to say that he's probably only making ~$5 per record.
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Well, I dunno if I'm high or not, but browse through deejay.de for example and pretty much any single-12" EP will come much a lot less than $20AUD. You've gotta add shipping which is a bitch for me, sure, but for $23AUD of shipping per record.
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$20 USD
That's a really decent price considering it's independent. Production costs are ever rising as there isn't a great growth margin possible on pressing plants but the demand is rising quickly (those gimmicky RSD releases can take up near 40% of the yearly limit of some plants and cause delays up to months for regular labels). New releases always cost me upwards of €20 these days.
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Awesome! Love Slow Magic!