Buying a pop album on vinyl? You might be paying for a fraction of the music

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(Jackie Lay | NPR)When vinyl copies of Lil Wayne ‘s Tha Carter VI — the latest entry in the rapper’s vaunted Tha Carter series — went up for online preorder earlier this year, Alexis Collins was ready. The vinyl version, Collins discovered, includes only nine — and of those, three are bonus tracks exclusive to physical formats. Early physical copies of Beyoncé ‘s 2024 release Cowboy Carter were missing half a dozen songs from the digital release. This year, a June 6 release — 6/6 — was likewise an auspicious one for Tha Carter VI.) Meanwhile, as of press time, Tha Carter VI is the only vinyl record for sale in Wayne’s online store without a tracklist shown.