Do you really want to know how the record business works? Do you care? It's kind of like the "the wizard of oz" effect, what's behind the curtain stays behind the curtain. Well if you're in for an interesting read, check out this piece in the guardian by Simon Napier.
"The life and crimes of the music biz,...EMI, like Decca, manufactured hi-tech equipment for the government, mainly for hospitals - brain scanners and the like. None of these companies had been set up first and foremost for music; they made records for extra profit. It was a wonderful trick they'd learnt. They bought vinyl cheaply; added a label, a song and a sleeve and sold it expensively."
We stumbled across this on NIN.
