Virgin Records Sins
So I went to New York on Friday, and when I was in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, I noticed that there was a Virgin Records store there. (It's a modest store, not like a Virgin Megastore that you might be picturing) However, it gave me something to do while Amtrak switched engines. In any case, I noticed that, among the things they were selling, were coasters made from the center portion of records (where the track listings are, along with the hole to put the record onto the spindle for the record player) To do this, I imagine that Virgin had to destroy the record, and I think this is a sin. There was at least one artist that I recognized, and even though I did not recognize it, I'm sure that someone might really want a record by an artist, and now, because Virgin must have gone through its inventory and destroyed a whole bunch of records, they'll never be able to get one again. It's really a sin to do that.
3 comments:
Well not exactly a sin...its not as if they were the only records in existence and now they are reduced to coasters. It is just the records that Virgin has. Also, record companies still release albums in record format, just not as many, check an indpendent shop sometime, or a Tower Records and even a Virgin Megastore. You mentioned an artist that you recognized...was it a new record or an older recording?
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