There ought to be a law!

In case you hadn't heard, albums are back, as evidenced by their appearance in my local not-hip-at-all Fred Meyer store. Now you youth who grew up with the tiny pictures on the CD covers, or the mp3 files with no picture at all can put the needle to the record and gaze at the cover art and record sleeves as you listen, just as your parents and grandparents did before you.
But, what's this? $16.99 for a record that is older than me? Don't do it. Find it used in the record stores, but don't let the record companies rip you off. Albums used to be $9.99, tops. The promise of "new technology" let CDs be sold for double the price (when they cost less to make than an album or cassette). Don't pay CD prices for a record album, even if it is brand new.