This month, a lot of old wine ends up in new bottles at the record store. In September alone, record company Universal puts five old albums in a new pressing in the shops. Goats head soup (1973) van The Rolling Stones, Frank (2003) by Amy Winehouse, To bring you my love (1995) van PJ Harvey, No need to argue (1994) by The Cranberries and Elliot Smith (1995) by Elliot Smith all get a re-release. ‘But what does that actually mean when a record is re-released?’ Asks Stijn De Wolf by email. ‘Everything is just on Spotify, right? And all the important records are always in the store, right? ‘
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