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Mini-Stories : Volume 13

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Blue Monday - The Most Money Lossing Record Ever

The pressing had to be customed designed, and it was expensive to produce in addition to the custom it also has a full color banding on the edge. It's been reported that the label lost about seven cents each time a copy of blue monday was sold. I presume the label adjusted the manufacturing cost or the price to get it all intoba eventually. But still, there's just something beautiful to making a statement, even when it hurts financially.

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