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adapt to the industry reality of falling CD sales: in 2017, "FMR and the artist split the costs and the output 50/50, with the artist being responsible for promotion while the record company has to recoup its investment through the website or via a diminishing band of distributors." Some items from the catalogue can be bought as downloads from subradar.no, following an agreement between FMR and the Norway-based website.
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Taylor selects music for release based on how well it matches the label's ethos. After that, he does not interfere with the recording: he commented that, "Occasionally I have suggested changing the order of tracks but that's it". Catalogue numbers have "'Visions' – prefixed 'V' – for original new
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