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yeah, completely. my friend robert who's been putting out records for years is really struggling, it's awful to watch it unfold. all because someone wants taylor swift 'red' on double gatefold LP ( ...not that i regret this)
to be fair, i don't think it's 'the industry's' fault (misleading term*). it's the combination of independents still largely having the same volume of output in terms of vinyl release per year (or thereabouts - just a guess, but to my knowledge they don't fluctuate or increase terribly rapidly because they don't have the money or desire) and major labels having a lot more of a push back towards vinyl (from cds and downloads) and totally inundating a mechanical process that just can't keep up. as the article says, it's an expensive business producing the laquer and only two companies in the world do it; what a crazy monopoly.
*think i mainly begrudge the term 'music industry' because i don't see independents and majors as part of the same machine. to me they do different things and i interact with them very differently as a consumer and producer. i'm terribly biased though.