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i'm with ian on this (and also stimpee)...

especially, being the superfan i am, holding product is what its all about....so what if you own 5000 mp3 tracks of underworld, thats bollocks...(it didn't take me long to acquire the entire KLF back cat on mp3, including super rare tracks, but it kinda feels 'hollow' owning these on my computer, to actually owning the physical product...if i had the actual vinyl i'd feel sorta more complete inside....

...i know its about the music, in the end and i'm all for people getting to hear the music in any format, but actually owning the stuff sorta makes it feel right...just look at the growth in the sales of 7" vinyl in 2005... a fan based medium that you can hold...indie kids are leading the way again, but they are also creating the buzz with downloads...look at the artic monkeys for example....so its a double edged sword...

sadly the rise in vinyl sales (up 87%) pales into significance against sales of 'legal' downloads...up 743% over the past year (also makes you wonder how much illegal downloads have increased)

anyway...we know for sure that with Underworld there will be physical product coming this year (2006), as Karl has already hinted at, and Steve at JBO has confirmed to me that he is working on several vinyl releases of remixes of the 'pizza' and 'lovely' tracks (which, i expect also to appear on cd...being as i already own a couple of promos of new stuff....)

anyhow ian don't fret, i'm with you, these 'improvs' are a bit 'strange' but you'll be able to buy something this year for sure...start queing at HMV soon....

lets hope we are notified by someone official rather than having to read it on Channel 4 text....