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I think some of our favourite labels probably take a pragmatic view on this.
If there is the ability for them to sell units, attract new customers to other soundtracks in their portfolio, and turn a profit, then why wouldn’t they pursue it?
However, manufacturing usually has lengthy lead times, sometimes requires upfront commitments to be paid, can be time consuming to QA, and can require additional sonic adjustments to suit the medium.
One thing Quartet did with their Harlem Pop release is combine an LP and CD in the one LP sized package—you get the big beautiful art and choice of playback format. Yes, it costs more than some CDs, but not prohibitively so.
https://www.quartetrecords.com/product/harlem-pop-lp-cd/
I wonder if this sort of approach would be attractive to some (film) music fans more generally.
Chris
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Still shaking my head on this....
SCOTT
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You mean like all the no CD, no sale people that post here?!
Can't speak for others but I'm NCNS precisely because I want to listen to the music. I can't listen if it's misplaced on a hard drive, if I don't know what I have because I can't see the whole collection (like I can when I open my CD cabinet), or if the analog material degrades. Or, ffs, if ownership isn't access.
Aside from scratches, CDs are pretty close to perfection. If you want me to buy or enjoy less, fine. But I'm paying you less. A lot less.
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I thought a fetish was something that either sexually turns you on, or makes you literally (not metaphorically) believe is magical. Something I wouldn't admit to on a blog, but that's me.
It started doubling as a metaphor long ago.
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No CD = no sale.
I'm starting to think you'll name your firstborn with that. 
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You mean like all the no CD, no sale people that post here?!
Can't speak for others but I'm NCNS precisely because I want to listen to the music. I can't listen if it's misplaced on a hard drive, if I don't know what I have because I can't see the whole collection (like I can when I open my CD cabinet), or if the analog material degrades. Or, ffs, if ownership isn't access.
Aside from scratches, CDs are pretty close to perfection. If you want me to buy or enjoy less, fine. But I'm paying you less. A lot less.
One may say a lot about files, CDs, or LPs, but to use less "misplacement" against files is not an argument at all. CDs are much easier to misplace, unless you maybe have unlimited shelf space, which I don't. Currently, I have some in shelves, but since these are full, new CDs just end up in a box (for now). So often times I don't know exactly where any particular CD is at the moment (box or shelf, and in the boxes, they are only "ordered" chronologically, when I got them, I put them there). On my hard disc drive, on the other hand, all the music is there, correctly labelled, sorted, etc. Nothing gets lost there, in fact, I can even print out an overview list of all my CDs from there, since by now I think I have all (I always think it's all, but it's probably only 98% or so) my CDs as lossless files sorted in folders and subfolders.
I'd say it is much easier to access and overview a whole music collection at a glance on a hard drive than it would be to do so with the physical CD/LP collection.
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