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Originally Posted by dmbnut21
They can't use ticket sales with a free album any more so they will have to find a new way to inflate sales or do a massive PR push which is going to be hard with COVID still floating around.
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Vinyl is one of the ways to do this. Multiple limited/special editions, some with bonus materials. And these needn't be limited to vinyl. Not $50 boxed sets, but $17-22 for CDs w/ extra tracks (add about $10 for vinyls)...even varying up the extra tracks on different editions. Yes, many will bitch and moan about it, but many of them will also buy multiple copies.
The streak ends at some point, prolonging it doesn't really do anything to help them or interest/engage fans (old or new).
I can't remember if this was verified, but when you sell a LP with a DL code for a digital copy, do they only get credit for the vinyl since the DL is part of the cost? If so, charge $1 for the DL so it's a separate unit sold...as long as works.
Really though, I don't care about this shit, I just want to hear more music from DMB. Old and previously unreleased, newly recorded versions of old/unreleased stuff, brand new material, etc. I'm ready for any and ALL of it.