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Lord Grendel · 10-10-2008

Speaking as a long time collector of music I'll give you an example of my philosophy. Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd. I bought this album when it first came out in the 70's, I owned an 8 Track version as well,(Cassettes hadn't been offered yet), a few years later I bought a replacement record my original was showing signs of wear, then I bought a cassette as well on CrO2 the best quality they had to offer back then, then a new high end company offered a Master Recording version of DSOTM and it was 3 times the price of the regular album but I bought it as well, then CD's came out and of course I bought one as soon as it was available. Then a few years later a new improved CD was released, but I didn't run out and buy that version, then the DVD came along and they released Pulse with DSOTM in it's complete form. I have bought this album so many times that if I want to acquire the newest version by any means, I feel no guilt whatsoever about doing so, I have also gone to their concerts and bought T-shirts and other memorabilia as well like a good fan. My point is that I have spent enormous amounts of money over the years for this one album and the record company has made most of the profits not the band. For newer bands I understand the dilemma, however the avarice of the record companies is ridiculous, if I was a new band I would offer a free download of a few songs and then release the complete album in FLAC format with the album artwork liner notes as well, the record companies are no longer essential that is why they are fighting a losing battle at this time.(And I'm not a fan of i-tunes either but that's a subject for another day.)

So from a famous line in a current popular movie franchise, Pirate or...?

And yeah Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum...lol!.