The Guardian: why are vinyl albums becoming so different from their digital versions?

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,660]

15 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

I mean, the idea of the version on vinyl being unique in a positive way is great, but that doesn’t seem like that’s what’s happening the bulk of the time. It seems like a lot of what fans are getting are truncated songs, missing songs, and mixes that haven’t been finalized.

And that really sucks for them. There should be a description included letting them know what exactly they're getting before they buy. 

[Kayioshka 3,354]

That's not cool.

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Edited 3 hours ago by Kayioshka

[monstertoronto 11,757]

I told my friend his article got posted on Gagadaily but he didn’t know what it was. lol. He’s straight.

[StrawberryBlond 15,584]

I don't know but record labels really need to knock it off. I don't buy vinyl but if I did, I'd be pissed to see that it's different to the regular version and I'm actually getting less songs and God forbid, modified versions of said songs. You pay top dollar for a vinyl and they pull this BS? What is that?! And putting exclusive songs on them to encourage fans to buy vinyl is so slimy. And then inevitably putting out a version with all the songs on it later is so common that I don't know why fans keep falling for it. I think you get a better deal buying the deluxe CD and then listening to any exclusive tracks on YouTube, honestly.