Pretty sad about the state of affairs around buying music (and at least feeling somewhat confident that the artist is getting a good part of my custom). I still actually have an independent shop in my town, surprisingly, but they’ve had to specialise in specific oldies, and vinyl, for the most part. (I tried to get actual CDs of the music for the new Dune movie through them, and they tried, but failed, to source discs.) (I’ve got an HMV too, for now, but that’s hardly a place where you feel the artists get their due.) And today I’ve just tried to buy Einaudi’s music from his site, and they want €27 for shipping a couple of discs from Italy to the UK. So, Bezos’ gaff it is. Bandcamp is a nice (but niche) counterpoint to this; I have the same handle on that platform, btw.