I'm kinda mis-quoting Stephen Patrick Morrissey here... but I "feel diseased" when I see the "re-issue, re-package, repackage... double-pack with a photograph, extra track and a ......." vinyl cascade slipping onto the Armitage Shanks these days.
When I skidded on the brown link to Norman's and saw the "very last copy" of a morbid "20th anniversary special vinyl re-issue (only 500 pressed)" of "Beyond The Sun" a posthumous Billy MacKenzie album that was only ever issued on CD after his death. You kinda shudder. What is that?
I remember when they issued JD's "Transmission" on 12". They gave it about 6 months.
I know... it's just business.
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