who killed the liner notes?

Black Sheep - From The Black Pool Of Genius

i don't consider self a purist. however, i do dig certain things a certain way. for example, i value album art & liner notes.

i like what digital media has done to favor the artist's ability to get themselves an audience w/o being encumbered by the various leechy intermediate entities that have historically made this relationship difficult to establish/maintain. this seems most beneficial to new &/or independent artists, but in terms of earning for your work IMO it benefits all artists.

w/digital audio i have had a fear that album art & liner notes would take an L (loss) as digital media became more acceptable. i like physical media. my preference is still vinyl when it exists & CD's for physical portability. what now often happens is artists are completely skipping physical releases. this is extremely cost effective. i can't complain about that, because cost is a constant issue for me as an independent creator. what is kind of salty is when there is the option to cop a physical copy of a digital release. it would appear there are no liner notes created for such releases.

i can't say this happens for all physical versions of digital releases. thus far, this is the only 1 that i have in the collection. if this is to be standard procedure, i'm going to miss reading the liner notes. at least there is still Discogs...

R.I.P. liner notes...

PEACE
...be calm...