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RE: From WSJ: Neil Young CD=$10, LP=$42

From the article: "When Jack White’s “Blunderbuss” made its chart-topping debut earlier this month, 7% of first-week sales, or 9,000 copies, were on vinyl."

I saw a copy of Blunderbuss in a store the other day; retail was 32.99 + tax. WTF!!?? Let's see: that's 9,000 x $32.99 ... that's $296, 910. If mark-up at retail was 100%, as it often is, and if the copies were bought directly from Third Man, who sell direct to eliminate distributors, that's ~$150,000 right into Jack White's pocket. Wonder what his manufacturing costs were? Doesn't he also co-own the pressing plant?

Couldn't he have cut his vinyl-loving fans a little break and sold the record for $22? C'mon, Jack.

"Your turntables not dead." My A$$.

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