In this case, it will be with other audio formats deemed to be cheaper, namely CDs and digital streaming platforms. In calling something expensive, we are automatically comparing it to the price of something else without even realizing it. People flock to these online vendors for reasons of affordability, being able to find rare records and common records for a cheaper average price than their local store.Īnd yet, the prices still seem extortionate for a new single record, no? Are the major labels not laughing at the lay folk as they tot up their vinyl sales chart? And why is this also the case for Frank Ocean? Why so Expensive? Now, there are of course still record stores, but there is far more of a market for records online in the vinyl revival we currently find ourselves in. Anyone who did not like the vinyl releases their local record store was pushing might just as easily start their own record stores. The local record shop, still, was kind, and what they said and what vinyl albums they decided to push on their store front would be what the masses would listen to. More accurately, the prices for everything were a little different as rates of taxation have affected different consumables differently.Ī lot of those who reminisce about cheaper prices neglect to consider the fact that during the 60s in England there was still a different form of currency altogether, and though it was on the way out at this point it still would have affected the rates at which such consumables would be sold off. It is believed that back in the original heyday of vinyl record labels who would press records as their primary export things were cheaper. Even during this second era of the vinyl record, there are still so many production costs to consider. “I’d rather this be my Colin Kaepernick moment for the Grammys than sit there in the audience.Everything seems to be more expensive than it once was, and this is at least in part due to escalating rates of inflation as the years progress, and vinyl records are far from exempt. “I think the infrastructure of the awarding system and the nomination system and screening system is dated,” he added. It just doesn’t seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from, and hold down what I hold down," he told the publication in November 2016. “That institution certainly has nostalgic importance. Ocean refused to submit Blonde for 2017 Grammy Awards consideration, which he spoke about in a rare interview with The New York Times. The album featured uncredited vocals from Beyoncé, André 3000, Sebastian and Ocean's late brother, Ryan Moore, who died in a car accident in 2020. Released on August 20, 2016, Blonde is Ocean's sophomore album, since certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Ocean, 35, also dropped t-shirts and posters to accompany the release, with an image of himself sitting at a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop, logos for Blonded Radio and edited shots of Succession actor Jeremy Strong. On Saturday (December 17), the Grammy-winning singer restocked Blonde vinyl on his website for the first time since Black Friday 2016, just months after the album's release to streaming platforms.Īlthough the latest vinyl edition of Blonde has sold out, it features a lyrics insert and poster. Over the weekend, Frank Ocean restocked Blonde vinyl on his official website, complete with a lyrics foldout and foldout poster.įrank Ocean had a holiday surprise for fans over the weekend.
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