For sure, the price sucks, but that’s why you don’t see any audiophile companies doing HUGE titles at a run of 1000. I remember Storf claimed at the old forum that if they made the Fist City exclusive (also a run of 1000) a AAA cut it would have driven the cost up to $45 for them to make a profit. That’s not to far off what we see here. Think the issue is they’re cramming so much into this box (also account for the time they spend designing snd marketing this to a very high standard) and ordering so little of it that the economy of scale doesn’t work in their favor. They have to make a profit off of what is essentially 8 high quality releases while sticking to the super small run that so many people go bananas for, stoking that FOMO.
One other note is that the labels own mono box is a super high price point as well, so who knows how much Motown wants to squeeze this lemon. They’re also entering an audiophile market that’s become increasingly loony, with the ridiculous standards set by the One-Steps and UHQRs pretty much redefining the ceiling of sanity. As much as the audiophile crowd likes to look down our nose at the amount people charge for lame-ass colored pressings these days, I think we like to ignore that we’re really in a golden age for boutique BS. IMO this is a high ticket item, and not a trend I like to see, but still feels more tolerable than paying $125 for one 2X45RPM release.
