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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Would you buy more albums if they cost a quid?
Quote:
The price of music albums should be slashed to around £1, a former major record label boss has suggested.

Rob Dickins, who ran Warner Music in the UK for 15 years, said "radically" lowering prices would help beat piracy and lead to an exponential sales rise.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11547279

Never gonna happen, but I'd certainly buy more albums if that were the case - far more albums.

There's a poll and I'd appreciate your thoughts on this (you can change your vote) :)

...

Jobs, crestfallen: I think I'm detecting a paradigm sh1t.

Flunkie: Sir, don't you mean...

Jobs: Fetch me new jeans you idiot!

;)
Author:  jonlumb [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:53 pm ]
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If albums are a £1 each, it removes the concern over whether the album is good enough etc, because at that price you don't care, you'll just buy it and see.

£10 plus on the other hand makes me rather more cautious in my purchasing.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:54 pm ]
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I probably would. My tastes have stagnated, partly because of the cost, I suppose. I don't sample things as widely as I used to. So yes, if it were £1, I may try out more bands.
Author:  Paul1965 [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:56 pm ]
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Definitely would buy more.
Author:  adidan [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:13 pm ]
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I'd probably buy anything for a quid.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:13 pm ]
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No, because I buy all the albums I want to listen to anyway. They're not expensive enough that I have to put it off.

Jon
Author:  brataccas [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:00 am ]
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I dont mind what price albums are so I vote no :cry:

what has pie got to do with albums btw? :x
Author:  leeds_manc [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:31 am ]
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Yes
Author:  finlay666 [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:31 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
No, because I buy all the albums I want to listen to anyway. They're not expensive enough that I have to put it off.

Jon

This (or just a few tracks when an album is crap but there is a diamond in the turd)
Author:  big_D [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:16 am ]
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I don't buy albums, so dropping the price wouldn't affect the number I buy.

Last album I bought was the Cure rare B sides compilation, back in about 2004. Since then I haven't bought any - I've also don't have any illegally downloaded albums.
Author:  adidan [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:27 am ]
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I prefer to buy albums than individual tracks. In the past I learned that I would often come to love tracks on albums that initially I didn't like, ones that I wouldn't buy on their own if I was picking and choosing.

If I didn't buy albums I'd miss out on those I come to like.
Author:  big_D [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:30 am ]
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I just don't listen to music any more...
Author:  davrosG5 [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:22 am ]
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As I usually only buy albums once they have fallen into the bracket where they are in decent special offers in HMV & the like then I almost certainly would by more albums if the only cost a pound.

I do like albums as they can be several good tracks on there that didn't make it as singles or out on air play on the radio.
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:29 am ]
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Most of the CDs I've bought in the last 10 years have been £15 - £20 each. That's is about the same as a month's food or two years PAYG top-up, therefore I only buy one or two per year.

Damned right I'd buy more if they were £1 each!

When you consider how much music is bought on a pocket money budget, I think it's pretty certain it would boost sales dramatically.

I don't know how much the artist normally makes off each sale, but I suspect high prices are actually crippling their income at the moment.
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:36 am ]
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brataccas wrote:
what has pie got to do with albums btw? :x


I don't make the rules! :lol:
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