buy vinyl and get the download. most bands have special releases on Bandcamp that are good investment collectables/ rare prints

I think that's good advice for all of them possibly. I've found the same on Qobuz. In fact, took all of one month for one of my items to become unavailable! I had already downloaded the qualities I wanted, so OK there. But still.

So I got myself three Tapes I was holding off for this special occasion:

I simply couldn't pass off Tapes for a tenner :)

It sucks though that they can't duplicate the tapes closer to me which would results in horrendous shipping fees (double the cost of the actual item? no thanks) :/

Qobuz. To a lesser degree 7digital. Further lessened, HDTracks.

iTunes and Amazon have abysmal quality choices, like none other than MP3 VBR, maybe MP3 320! That's been my experience (been a bit since I used them last).

I guess discogs or your local record shop?

Or hope for your artist to have their own shop where they sell their music.

Or soulseek.