The Record Industry's Decline

[don_quixote]

got back from uni finally this weekend and both the independent shops in loughborough which have been there longer than me have closed this week

 

[matt b]

i think blood and fire have gone bankrupt

 

[mms]

i think blood and fire have gone bankrupt

apart from the site being off at the moment, what makes you think that?

 

[matt b]

apart from the site being off at the moment, what makes you think that?

http://www.snwmf.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=137855&t=137855

 

[barry_abs]

Elton John says the internet is "destroying music"

keep your tiara on elt, just coz your last album did shit..

 

[mistersloane]

i think blood and fire have gone bankrupt

Oh that's really, really, really sad.

 

[zhao]

i just had to post this somewhere. might as well be here.

 

[john eden]

i think blood and fire have gone bankrupt

It looks like they have survived, but info is very scant.

 

[STN]

I had an email from Boomkat today saying that Blood and Fire had now gone under, can't find anything about it on the BAF page though.

 

[john eden]

I had an email from Boomkat today saying that Blood and Fire had now gone under, can't find anything about it on the BAF page though.

That's a bit baffling, I thought they were out of the woods...

boomkat are still selling the mp3s tho...

 

[STN]

The email I got was about a 'BAF closing down sale' or something. Should I paste it here, or is that some kind of diabloical liberty?

 

[john eden]

The email I got was about a 'BAF closing down sale' or something. Should I paste it here, or is that some kind of diabloical liberty?

yeah whack it up!

*gets over to boomkat, sharpish*

 

[STN]

Below is the text, they've got that Yabby You double CD for 8.99, anyone who doesn't have it already should get it, even if they have no ears, it's that big a bargain:


Hello...
As some of you may already know, our neighbours and good friends at the Blood & Fire label have sadly closed for business. Below you'll find the VERY LAST available copies from their amazing archive. We have a dozen or so copies of each of these titles and that's it - when they're gone, they're well and truly gone. This is your very last chance to pick up some true BASS classics from one of the most respected and inspired dub labels of the last decade, we strongly urge you to do so while you can...

 

[john eden]

I've got that Yabby U on quadruple vinyl innit.

 

[john eden]

I've started a thread on the b&f board...

 

[crackerjack]

As some of you may already know, our neighbours and good friends at the Blood & Fire label have sadly closed for business.

Sniff.

Where's Hucknall's millions when you need them?

 

[john eden]

It is a pisser, because B&F were supposed to be THE model of how record labels could continue to function in the mp3 era - specialist, nice packaging, sleevenotes, good mastering, nice community, actually paid the artists.

 

[noel emits]

This quote today from the guy slicing up EMI - "The consumer has determined that there is not necessarily a need to pay for digital downloads."

Is that consumer power? Could this principle be applied elsewhere?

 

[mms]

This quote today from the guy slicing up EMI - "The consumer has determined that there is not necessarily a need to pay for digital downloads."

Is that consumer power? Could this principle be applied elsewhere?

thats a bit of a so what statement.
when you give robbie williams 80 mil then no there isn't ever a need tho.

 

[straight]

came across this fantastic rant on the subject a while back after the oink fiasco, couldnt put it better myself

http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html