The STABLO series is a great case study in manipulative Discogs hype. It's a familiar story: in 2010 and 2011, a series of mysterious white label DJ tools appeared, with no indication as to who made it, and people absolutely shat their pants over it and tripped over themselves trying to get a copy. The cheapest records in the STABLO series run at $30-40, and the most expensive ones max out around $140. According to Jamie Fry, who was later identified as the STABLO label head, he chose to keep the series anonymous in order to see if a record could be successful purely based on the music and not the artist's persona or existing fame. The paradox here is that trying to remain mysterious is a calculated branding decision in and of itself, and that the mystique can stimulate record sales. In cases like this, it's often not "all about the music"—it's about the maddening, seductive secrecy that surrounds it.

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this label is one of the main reasons I love to pirate music, it got beyond ridiculous, scalpers get all the profit and we as listeners have to pay illusions of grandeur. Im happy with my WAV rips thank you. REPRESS OR PYRACY.