Bit of an off topic rant here but I was in virgin today and saw muse's origin of symmetry for £17 and it got me pissed thinking about how much shops get away with rippign the arse out of prices while the labels take the blame.


I don't make it particularly hidden that i hate the idea of downloading music for free but alot of that has to do with me not being stupid enough to think a cd costs about 3 pence so obviously the labels are taking the piss charging what not. Sadly alot of people do actually believe this.

CD's ARE over-priced, I'm not denying that but it's nothing to do with the labels.

There's plenty of places you can buy brand new albums for under a tenner. Wonder why? because the distributers sell them on at about £6-7 a record to the shops. That's giving the label their cut and takign their own.

Now who's more at fault here? the labels and distributors giving the records out at £7 or HMV and virgin selling them on at £17?

Asda, Fopp and pretty much most internet sites have them MUCH cheaper than the big shops and it's for the simple reason that the shops are the ones taking the piss. NOT the labels and not the artists.