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Think Fast! Records going vinyl/digital-only

Connecticut hardcore/punk label Think Fast! Records has announced that it will be going vinyl/digital-only towards the middle of the year.


The label will cease manufacturing CDs.


"Some of you, if not most, may be too young to remember that there was a time in punk/hardcore that the only physical copies of a record you could buy were on vinyl and maybe cassettes," the label explains in the news post. "Then CDs came along. It was an exciting time with this new revolutionary music technology. Think Fast! Records is here to tell you, that the music technology that we know as CDs is, in 2009, borderline obsolete.


"With this shift in the industry, we were tossing around the idea of turning into a "digital-only label". While we admire anyone who was forward-thinking enough to do just that, we also feel that it is very important to the artists we work with and the people who listen to these bands to not lose sight of the importance of holding a physical copy of a record in our hands. The artwork, lyrics, and substance of the physical product is essential.


"Let’s face it, CDs are dead. The digital world has taken over. Our new effort will give Think Fast! Records (and we believe many other labels who are eventually going to follow this model) an opportunity to offer more for our bands and their fans including more vinyl, more merchandise, and less wasted on CDs that the world is quickly losing interest in."

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