in some points you are right but also wrongblizt wrote:The sooner people realize we live in the age of internet the better. You digged in crates for hours, exchanged email on 56k modem... So what? It doesnt make you any better from the rest. Now I can browse forums and ID some old records pretty fast and you feel frustrated. This is just a sign of insecure people needing to feel superior. All I can say is I envy you for being exposed to that music earlier than me. That's it. Accept it, less frustration in your life.
Still I think and original copy it's going to resale better than a repress. Look at Perlon, they are now repressing stuff on black/white colors. It's a way of saying: "hey we still appreciate the people that bought the record when it came out, but we also want more people to have access to it".
Only valid argument I can think from people against the repress is being able to make money on the second hand market. But sooner or later I think we will see the prices from a lot of the supposed "hyped" stuff going down because it's just stupid the amount of some of these being sold on discogs. I can understand some one asking 300€ for "MDMA" or "Law of Grace" if there is only one person in the planet willing to sale it. It's the market that put the prices. Heck! I'll maybe do the same and ask for 500€ better, but you have to live with the fact that music is not your propierty, you OWN ZERO RIGHTS on that stuff. You didnt program sh!t on those drum machines, neither you played those synths. Go on and hate and blame the artists, who are the ones that gave the permission for a repress to happen. Blame them from trying to win some money with their music.
i just can explained my sight of represses. as i wrote in a older threads (i think it was last year), for newer heads represses are good to dive into new old stuff. when the artist will get directly the benefit and can make the music available for all its okay (like perlon, aspect, trelik, rereleasing in different colors on their own plattforms).
that internet is not limited to 56K, hell, god thank you. i profit from this evolution too: found some old digitalized tapes from the past, get new inspirations, find new records faster, get easier etc.
the word "sad" was chosen wrong. the uniqueness, myth, spirit etc. was lost. money isnt relevant for me, just the vinyl.
I have a bunch of samplers, drummachines, outboard fx, a mixing desk etc. and i would be able to make underground dance music with passion and without the dependence of a monthly ammount.
