A marriage of cd and analog technology?

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That catch is the music industry - like many others - has never operated on a "linear markup" basis.

Exactly. Pricing has nothing to do with the intrinsic costs of delivering digital media - which is my point.

I also seriously doubt their pricing is done on the basis of whims. I suspect their respective managements put a lot of thought into the pricing model options available to them.

Sure. Some downloadable albums are cheaper than the physical media while others are more expensive. They are either overstocked on inventory - or don't want to produce what they don't have to.

I've got a lot of good music in my collection that brings me a lot of joy.

As do I.

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