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I like this mentality. It's not all about hipsterism. If anything, it's unfair to assume that a guy into vinyl is a hipster just because hipsters and posers are also into vinyl.

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I like the idea of selling music on vinyl with a little token that lets you download mp4's of it from the band's web site if you have the vinyl. I've seen a few bands and electronic musicians do this.

The vinyl is like an original numbered print, while the download is like a glossy poster print.

In my experience every new release comes with a download card. Tbh it's actually not as important as it was 5 years ago because most of us are streaming now so have access to the digital version without downloading/using storage.

Big fan of this too. You can also link to Bandcamp, which offers a range of formats including VBR MP3 and Ogg.

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