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Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie
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It's working now.
This is actually pretty funny, and it's the truth:
The Vinyl Solution
#19 The industry kills the single—and begins its own slow demise
In the early ’80s, the music industry began to phase out vinyl singles in favor of cassettes and later, CDs. Then, since it costs the same to manufacture a CD single as a full album, they ditched the format almost altogether. But they forgot that singles were how fans got into the music-buying habit before they had enough money to spend on albums. The end result? Kids who expect music for free. “Greed to force consumers to buy an album [resulted] in the loss of an entire generation of record consumers,” says Billboard charts expert Joel Whitburn. “People who could only afford to buy their favorite hit of the week were told it wasn’t available as a single. Instead, they stopped going to record shops and turned their attention to illegally downloading songs.”
Unintended consequence The Eagles still top the album charts.
Thanks for the link, Dead-Air.
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It still doesn't work for me.
I remember singles though. They were great, there were some songs that you could only get on singles, like instrumental version and stuff.
EDIT: Haha, now it does work. I guess in order to get it to work, you have to complain about it not working on here first?