Yeah, They started selling lp's in 1949. Before that, an album was like a photo album. It was a "book" of envelopes that held 78rpm records. I remember that we had 78rpm albums of Gene Autry, Mario Lanza, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Hank Williams, Liberace and Steve Allen among others. We had one lp, the cast album of South Pacific. My mother used to talk about the old crank Victrola with the megaphone with nostalgia.

I feel sorry that my kids won't get to experience the joy of the vinyl record. I also feel sorry that at my age I won't get to experience the joy of growing up in the digital age.

Michael Laskow's model sounds reasonable to me. The key is, as Brian points out, there will be various sources of recommendation and endorsement for new music beyond the bandwidth limitation of radio. It's an exciting time for the independant artist.

All the Best,
Mike

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You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash

It's only music.
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