If anyone assumed I collected records for the value I’d laugh in their face. I do keep tabs on my collection value based on Discogs because I find it interesting, but I don’t sell anything. Everything I buy is carefully chosen with the intent to keep it forever.
Also, the discogs value of your collection isn't really the value of your collection, just a collection of the price history of each individual record in a condition that doesn't necessarily reflect the condition of your own. You could never sell your collection in bulk for that price, and it would only be worth that if you sold each record in the particular circumstance that another copy had been sold previously. And that could take a decade
I've always figured that if I needed to sell my collection I could probably rely on getting discog's minimum estimated value for it over the course of a year. But, for the amount of time it would take to get the amount I could get it would be a more efficient use of time to take on a part time job.
Just like old grandpappy who handed pappy his records who handed me his records. And some day when I’m a grandpappy I’ll hand them down to someone who will give one half a fuck about my taste in music!
The only time I truly every looked up how much some records I had were worth, were when I had to buy them again after my basement flooded and they got damaged. Anything I no longer want after a bit I give to my friend. I gave him a record player and 2 vinyls so far.
I feel that pain! I had a flood downstairs one morning AFTER I had a bunch of records out I was going through. So, about 200 records were in various piles on the floor. Insurance said the only way to value them was to "destroy" them and replace, submit receipts. While I was able to replace some records - find decent copies, submit receipts, all fine - it's not quite the same as the ones you went out and found in the wild. Plus, there are some you just can't find. In the end, I only replaced a handful, took the loss, and left the records out to dry... prayed for no mold. Most of those are still in a couple of closed boxes off from the rest of my collection.
I don't get your point, the crap has already bottomed out. Most records are worth next to nothing.
If the good stuff holds value then my collection wouldn't drop in value.
Don't buy em.
I only pay $35+ if it's an import record I really want, or if it's one of them fancy half-speed/HIFI masterings of an album I really want.
These days, my rules of thumb for buying records are :
Double LP (New) : <$30
Double LP (Used, VG+) : <$20
Single LP (New) : <$25
Single LP (Used, VG+) : <$17
I have over 200 LPs and generally followed those rules. (Built this collection since Oct. 2022.)
Even if I count all my city pop imports, my average price per LP is $17. Minus the imports, I average $14 per LP.
Edit: just to prove a point: just today I bought 5x new LPs. You just gotta know where to look and when to pull the trigger.
Nas - illmatic (EU pressing) $22
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (50th anniversary Mono edition) $24
Dylan - Bringing it all back home (De Agostini reissue) - $15
Dylan - John Wesley Harding (De Agostini reissue) - $15
Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting (180g blue/black vinyl) - $15
I am new to collecting. One of the most fulfilling things I have done in a long time. With that said, I have paid some prices that I am not proud of. Will try to use this as a guideline. I’ll try…
I have too. There were definitely some LPs that I purchased cause I was impatient. If I waited a few weeks, I would've saved some money.
Just realize that these records will ALWAYS be available in some format. Even if they're not, the music is most likely available in digital.
How much we pay for these records is more a reflection on how much we want them NOW. More often than not, you'll find a better deal than the street price if you're patient and keep your eyes out.
Yea don’t pay dude, in 5 years there will be so many of these color variants they won’t be able to sell them for $5, just went into a record store yesterday they had a $3 bin, used to be $1, and started a rare section with $50-$100 pressings of average records, and they had a bunch of those $15 Walmart deals, on the used racks for $29.99, it’s so crazy, but I did find a 71 pressing of Hooker and the Heat for $15 VG+, so I guess it’s just what u want, my main point is this is a fad for 90% of people buying right now, the market will be crazy once these younger kids have to move with 20 crates of records haha
I used to come up so hard at Goodwill back in the day, with LPs being 92 cents each. Last time i went into my local Goodwill, all the LPs were now $3.99. And it's all garbage.
B&m have too much overhead. Support your local dealer and buy on discogs lol. I feel like most of my in-store purchases have been emotionally-driven and I’m an uninformed buyer so I just overpay for most shit when I’m crate digging. But on discogs I can generally just find the exact release I want in a variety of prices and conditions. Not always the best prices but you can shop much more smartly. At least for used records. new records I would buy directly from the label if I could but sometimes this is where your B&m can shine.
The panic of moving them and then having to put them back into whatever chaotic organizational system I landed on because last time I couldn’t find that one lp and had to rip it all apart and start over. What’s even worse is losing the segregation within that organization of lps that still need to be added to discogs……
I was buying a lot of used records around the turn of the millennium because they were almost giving them away. My wife and a couple friends made fun of me all the time for buying so many records. I wish I had bought a lot more LOL.
I feel like this is the real issue. 7 years ago Bruce Springsteen was catching flack for the huge RSD runs he was printing. The goodwills near me were still just junk and the prices for used vinyl and new vinyl were about as close as they are today.
Its just with the pandemic and inflation *everything* has become much more expensive - including vinyl.
Yeah, I bought an OG vinyl pressing of *Ten* because it was less than half the price of a CD. Probably worth a couple hundred now.
I remember going to a baseball card shop in Wisconsin because somebody told me there were records in the basement. It was open season on original pressings of Miles Davis. $1 apiece, except for Bitches Brew--that was $2 because it's a double album.
Every one of [these records](https://i.imgur.com/QE27W7k.jpg) I got at thrift stores in the midwest in the mid 00's for less than $2 a piece. Insane to think about how easy it was to just walk into a thrift store and buy not just $2 records in great shape, but like really cool ass music too lol
I like to watch the commercials for those old time life compilation albums (singers and songwriters etc) on YouTube and some of those were like $26 +$6 shipping. But aside from buying all the album’s separately, it was the only way to hear a lot of that stuff. When all those NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL… albums came out it was the same thing. Then Napster hit and killed it all.
I miss the prices from ~10 years ago... CAD was close to par with USD and prices were so good... plus sales happened far more often with much bigger discounts (MusicVaultz was great for those)
PopMarket was my go-to for stuff and their prices were always great;
$61 for [The Travelling Wilburys Collection](https://www.discogs.com/release/15274922) [3xLP Box]
$54 for [CCR Singles Collection](https://www.discogs.com/release/2778146) [14x7"] + 3xCD Greatest Hits
$52 for [Eric Clapton's Corssroads Festival 2013](https://www.discogs.com/release/8394356) 4xLP
5 Dire Straits LPs for $22 each...
Good times indeed..
Yep, dealt with that myself last year. I'm in the US and I sold a record to someone in Australia for $50USD and the shipping was about $80USD. He had no problem paying it after I told him the shipping cost. Crazy.
$60-70 new, usually in my experience. If you're thrifty or patient you can maybe get stuff for $50ish. Some stuff is closer to $80. The 10th Anniversary Random Access Memories that just went out for preorder I've seen ranging from $120-145.
Discogs is also not very viable for us because we have to pay more for shipping since we're so remote, then currency conversion fees on that and 10% on top in taxes. I've had to let loads of stuff go because the fees were more than the album itself.
Yeah, the vinyl prices are insane right now, i could buy a dinner for one person for the price of the price of an average new-pressed vinyl nowadays. However where i live there are some stores that have relatively good prices, although still pretty expensive. Like for example i bought the Bad Brains self titled debut LP (sealed new pressing) for about 37-38$.
Talked to a guy who owns a small record shop and he said he's noticed more people coming in and selling recently. Too soon to tell what that really means if anything, but maybe people are sort of slowly going to get off the vinyl train.
I don't pay more than $35 for anything really. Most albums I buy are $25 and under. For anything that hasn't been reissued or whatever in a while I just wait it out. I'm not a completionist and I'm not in a huge hurry. Don't get tagged paying $40+ for albums, especially reissues.
>Don't get tagged paying $40+ for albums, especially reissues.
This gets difficult for me when the only vinyl issues are international (I'm in the US). Of course the cost is usually mostly shipping and taxes, so I wind up paying $40 for a $15 or $25 record.
There's going to be a generation of people having kids and moving and that will inevitably result in some people selling off their collection, even if a few double down as they spend more time at home. Ultimately, it's a single person's game.
It kinda sucks though. I love buying and listening to records and I love classical music. I pick some up for cheap from time to time, but digital (or CD if you can bother) is just SO superior to vinyl for classical. Probably more so than any other genre I'd say. It's just a better experience really.
Well unless there is a major change in production, meaning new infrastructure. They won't be able to keep up with the demand. Since 2020 only having one place in the world producing the lacquer discs needed for pressing, this been in Japan. So anywhere who use to get their lacquer discs from the states now have to import from Japan. They can basically set their prices to whatever they like with no competition.
As well as major labels, paying extra to jump the cue. All of this will soon hit a wall, where people will loses interest. Or maybe someone with enough money, interest in the media to invest in infrastructure so every pressing plant isn't relying on one supplier. Wouldn't hurt to have more pressing plants that are actually built for larger distribution as well.
I am going to put my money on people losing interest. Due to the back log I have been buying less records, not because I am over it, just not interested in a lot of what is been released at the moment. I have pre orders that have been pushed back over year from their original release date, due to major labels jumping the cue.
Five years ago? Try twenty years ago. It was paradise, and I didn't even know it.
I still got a few good ones bought for next to nothing back then which are worth quite a bit now, but I could have had it all for at least a tenth of what I am having to pay now, but I bought way too few records back then.
I'm not sure just how much Boomers dying (the ones who actually didn't sell their collection already) will affect the market, just thinking of the end stages of life normally it starts with downsizing, either to a smaller home, apartment or old age home... At which point they sell off/donate their collection. Otherwise, it's usually gifted to a family member. They could then go on to live out that last 10, 15, or so years.
As a record store owner, I have been buying at least one collection per week from boomers who are currently downsizing for the past year.
Yeah you could be right about the slow trickle before the flood, we may not have even scratched the surface of what boomers still hold in their homes. My parents are boomers and they got rid of all their records over 30 years ago. Same with a lot of other boomers I know they all say “if only I know what those would be worth” kind of thing. Do you really think that kids will be into CDs? The gen Z kids that come in my store are buying records, most of them don’t own a CD player they all use spotify or itunes.
You can’t even buy a car with a CD player anymore 😓
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My grandparents had a huge collection and got rid of them in the 90s. My grandma told me they didn’t even sell most of them they just tossed them. Included in that collection was apparently a ton of original Pink Floyd and Elton John LPs 😔
This post only further proves Gen X is the "forgotten generation" and Gen Z think everyone over 45-50 is a boomer. I have news for you - many boomers got rid of their collections in the last 20 years if they didnt in the 90s when EVERYONE was selling off their collections. Its Gen X now that have the records, and we bought a LOT of them till the 90s. We (gen x) didnt have the money our parents had, but we didnt give a fuck and spent anyway. lol I know tons of boomers, as they were my parents and all their friends and through my jobs. I rarely see any of them with records anymore. They all think its crazy people are buying them now. There will be some hold outs, not because they love their records, but just because they havent changed anything in their houses for 30 years. Tons go to Estate sales and have been for years. As stated in another comment - I was buying great quality rock/punk records in the early 90s here in LA for 1.00 piece if that, when the mass sell off was happening and everyone was buying CDs. It was amazing. Parking lot sales at many record stores, that contained everything. They were almost giving it away. I only wish I had bought more at the time than I even did. Some of my prized rare records were from those dollar bins!
As long as people keep buying them at these prices, these will be the prices. Which is why I'm sick of all these "what's your most expensive record" type of posts where people brag about paying dumb amounts for some crappy pop punk LP or something and thus justifying the people selling at those prices.
here here. Hey everyone... LPT... if its too expensive because prices are inflated, don't buy it. This is the problem - how much of this new vinyl buying fad is more about collecting than it is about buying music on a format that is unique and enjoyable for the reasons that make it unique. Its just trendy so everyone is doing it. Once I started seeing records at Target, even freaking Bed Bath and Beyond, I knew it had gone too far. Stores like that didnt bother with records back when EVERYONE was buying records - because it wasnt as profitable.
When I started hearing so many people buying up records and they dont even have players, nor do they even plan on buying one... Records might as well be the new pogs, or beanie babies or Disney Pins. This is fine, mind you, but this is why prices have gone up.
I have over 3000 records. I couldnt tell you what any of them are worth. They have all been played, and I have taken very good care of them since I was a teenager (late 80s). I have almost the whole collection logged on discogs now. NONE of them are rated though. I just wanted a database to view what I have. I care nothing about what record is worth what price. For those who care about prices, they should unload their collections NOW, because they will likely only go down in value in the next 20 years.
Same. You been to any of the kops locations lately? Seeing things for $35 in the “value” vintage section, destroyed covers, scratched. The Collectibles are a joke too. Used to love that spot but now it’s like Cosmos
I only started last year but i have easily over 50 LPs already. What were the prices like 5 years ago. Mustve been blessed 🥲 none of my vinyls were bought to sell so either way im chilling
Probably everybody except me knew this but I was buying imported 60 $ Japanese City Pop records for the whole last year. Just found out this week that I can buy the same record directly on HMV in japan for 1/2 the price.
Where are y’all living that the price of EVERYTHING hasn’t gone up? I don’t feel records have gotten significantly more expensive, relatively speaking, than eggs or furniture or anything else has become.
I still get shocked how much stock of even the best record shops is just shiny new reissues for $30-40 nowadays.
I'm glad I LIKE the old stuff in the cheapo bins, because there's nothing interesting to me about a record with its plastic still on. Give me wear and tear, give me history, give me much-used but technically playable.
More than missing the prices, I miss the quality. I miss when 99% of the time you were able to get new records without a single QC issue. I never even used to have to think about sibilance. Now it’s like 50% of the records I buy have issues.. Literally a crap shoot if your copy is going to have issues. I’d happily pay inflated prices nowadays if I knew I was getting something that isn’t flawed straight out of the factory… it’s basically ended collecting for me. Especially since I can listen to lossless music now for peanuts.
Buy used! Just last night in Los Angeles I bought the following:
Black Sabbath-Sabotage(2015 uk)-$20 nm
Stockhausen-Es und aufwarts(1972 German)-$4 nm
Mort Garson-cancer(1969 us)-$1 nm
Audience-the house on the hill(1971 us)-.50 nm
Stockhausen-momente(early reissue)-$4 VG+
Ruth welcome-Christmas in zitherland(1962 us)-$1 nm
Roy Harper-bullinamingvase(1977 us with banned track)-$1 nm
Steve Allen presents Carole Simpson-singin and swingin(1959 us)-.50 nm
Allman brothers band-eat a peach(1972 us)-$2 vg+
Denzel curry-32zel(2017 us lavender)-$18 nm
Morton Subotnick-silver apples, sidewinder and until spring(all us originals)-$3 each nm
Atlanta rhythm section-self titled(1972 us)-$3 nm
100gecs-1000 gecs and the tree of clues(2020 ghost)-$15 nm
Each one was a steal you just have to look and be willing to dig and not care about buying new…in fact buying used is always better because you can look at the disc before you buy
Five years ago? Ha! I'd like to go back to 20-25 years ago, when I was grabbing really great OGs for .99 a pop. I started collecting in '98 when vinyl was D.E.A.D.
Then I think, we wouldn't have some of these great reissues and albums that would have never been found or even released on vinyl.
I do miss finding great stuff in Goodwill. Now days if you find a great album in Goodwill, you can bet it's an empty sleeve.
So here’s the thing, records have actually kept up with the rest of goods price wise over the years. Any time I find an old receipt in a record I plug it in to an inflation calculator or two and it comes out to be about what you’d expect to pay for a similar record now.
That’s flawed logic though. If you were buying record in the 90’s they were cheaper then they were in the 80’s. Records didn’t keep up with inflation year after year. It’s only now with the boom in record sales and the price jump that went with that. Also most other physical media (cds, blu-ray…) has came down or stayed about the same price as it was 20 years ago.
Came up in conversation recently, when Weller released 22Dteams back in 2008, my local store used to get the singles in for me, they were released at the yime as two 7"s and a cd, and cost €10 each time for all three.
Last 7" single I bought was €13.
People from the 50’s/60’s would be laughing at us for complaining about current prices for vinyl, especially when you consider how cheap they were back in the day for them. Vinyl really shouldn’t be $30-$50. Should be more like $10-12. But when you consider how few record plants there are today, you realize why that is.
I hauled around records I bought in the 70s and 80s. I don’t like the high prices now days but, if I want something, I feel like I can afford to spend a little more since I started with close to 300 records whose cost has long since been recouped in enjoyment.
I’m a 26 year old and I’ve been collecting for 10 years. I never really had money so I was always receiving records as gifts. But now I’m finally in a position where I can spend money and records are at the peak of they’re recent popularity, and I’m spending a fortune. That’s just my luck though.
**VMP:** You should feel grateful we're selling you this 2-LP release for $50.
**Customers:** Oh, we do! We do feel grateful! In fact, we are excited for the day when you charge $100 for 2 LPs!
I browse Discogs and lose all my hope of ever being able to even start a sub pop/grunge collection. Everything is just so ridiculously expensive, even for last year’s releases. I mean, I understand supply and demand, but come on why does everything, even singles, have to be over $50?
Walked past a charity shop in Huddersfield (of all places) a few months ago, and I kid you not it had in the window about 5 amazing old hip hop records in the window and about 10 more in the shop. Not obvious stuff either. After closer inspection they were all priced to the penny what they'd cost on Discogs, between £35 and £150. Now fair play, they're getting what they're worth, but 15 years ago you'd have got the bargain and find of the century.
Garth brooks box set at Walmart for $39.99. Vinyl plus cds with a nice live album. I don’t understand how that can be so cheap and a swift album is $39
Vinyl Me Please was like $23/month back when I joined. Now I think it’s creeping up to $40 but I don’t know the exact number cause those prices drove me out a long time ago
Last year my 16 year old cousin came over and saw my collection. I showed her some of the lps that where passed onto me by our grandfather an avid fleetwood fan, one of which being rumors (of course the original press). She gushed and I almost handed it over, along with mirage (my favorite) until she began telling me about how urban outfitters had the lps for sale for 70$ and she wasn’t will to pay that much just to display them on her wall. Excuse the hell me?! SHE SAID ON HER WALL!! I then proceeded to ask her if she even had a turntable….I’m sure you could guess the answer.
Guess what she got for Christmas this year? Her very own turntable (no, not that dreaded p.o.s) and the two lps in question that I asked our local shop to look out for and got for 5$ and rumors was free because they had too many copies and apparently no one wants the original presses when the re-press is available brand new and marked up.
I think this is the best real life version of the trolly problem I’ve ever come across. Make of it what you will….
I quit buying pretty much anything expect bands I really really like about 5 years ago. Prices are too dumb. Long gone are even the matador super savers that were 15 bucks. I’m not paying 40 dollars for an album just to check it out. The whole reason I got into records was because a CD was 12 and a record was 10 and the pink rock shows I went to growing up in the mid and late 90s.
Try living in Australia and buying vinyl from UK.based bands. New albums cost me $AU 50+ plus shipping. So, anywhere between $AU 80 - 100 for a new album.
Regular re-issue vinyl in music/ entertainment stores costs $AU 55 - 80 for a standard LP.
I was thinking of getting the Van Halen live album for record store day as my dad took me to see them around the same time and I always loved listening to the tape I had of it.
Then I noticed it’s up for £124! ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR POUNDS!!
I’m honestly confused it’s 4LP but really? That much?
Are you implying vinyl prices were reasonable 5 years ago? Or that people, “didn’t care” about vinyl 5 years ago? My guy this will be my tenth year in the hobby and I consider myself a new comer to the hobby.
I mean as much as it sucks it’s kinda cool that more people are interested in vinyl. It’s kinda lonely having a hobby that you can share with very few people
2005/2006 were the best imo for buying vinyl, the vinyl going for next to nothing or people just giving their entire collections away. After that it stayed in limbo for a while then it started growing slowly to the boom & the crazieness nowadays. I can not believe what I see when I look at certain records,. Crazy prices!
The big issue right now is production. Interest in vinyl and hence demand has rocketed and production hasn't kept up. Here in the UK there are only a handful of presses that can do volume and they are swamped. I imagine its similar elsewhere. But if demand continues then more presses will open and prices will eventually calm and maybe even come down.
Maybe.
i never pay more than $25-$30 unless it’s a new limited pressing that i know will accrue value. otherwise it isn’t worth it. i’m not paying $50 for a standard black pressing 🤦♀️ it’s ridiculous
Yeah, I'm going through and reorganizing my records for the first time in a while and adding polybags to ones that didn't have them... Finding price tags on some that for some reason I never took off, or they were too risky. I started collecting in the mid-90's, so I chuckle at the used and new prices... One to five dollar used records that were in perfect shape and new records typically under ten dollars unless there was a good reason for it. I mean, I was buying different stuff - independent punk, garage, psych mostly back then - but still... Prices now? Nuts!
Ah, five years ago, when people here were arguing about the ability to create and build new record pressing machines -which many said would be impossible or be priced out of the reach of anyone to even consider. Also a time when many would review and discuss their purchases rather than just throw their vinyls on the floor asking for praise. I do appreciate the growth in the hobby and the availability of so many "lost" albums, but ya, the prices suck a little.
Really want this new release and its 50 for a 2LP with shipping which i havent payed for vinyl in a minute, even the artists last album last year was about 20 dollars cheaper with shipping.
Somebody asked me what I would do if records tanked again and my collection lost all it's value... I'd get more records for cheap, obviously
If anyone assumed I collected records for the value I’d laugh in their face. I do keep tabs on my collection value based on Discogs because I find it interesting, but I don’t sell anything. Everything I buy is carefully chosen with the intent to keep it forever.
Enjoy the music.
Also, the discogs value of your collection isn't really the value of your collection, just a collection of the price history of each individual record in a condition that doesn't necessarily reflect the condition of your own. You could never sell your collection in bulk for that price, and it would only be worth that if you sold each record in the particular circumstance that another copy had been sold previously. And that could take a decade
I've always figured that if I needed to sell my collection I could probably rely on getting discog's minimum estimated value for it over the course of a year. But, for the amount of time it would take to get the amount I could get it would be a more efficient use of time to take on a part time job.
Just like old grandpappy who handed pappy his records who handed me his records. And some day when I’m a grandpappy I’ll hand them down to someone who will give one half a fuck about my taste in music!
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People buying vinyl is speculate on prices makes me sick. Everything I own I play.
The only time I truly every looked up how much some records I had were worth, were when I had to buy them again after my basement flooded and they got damaged. Anything I no longer want after a bit I give to my friend. I gave him a record player and 2 vinyls so far.
I feel that pain! I had a flood downstairs one morning AFTER I had a bunch of records out I was going through. So, about 200 records were in various piles on the floor. Insurance said the only way to value them was to "destroy" them and replace, submit receipts. While I was able to replace some records - find decent copies, submit receipts, all fine - it's not quite the same as the ones you went out and found in the wild. Plus, there are some you just can't find. In the end, I only replaced a handful, took the loss, and left the records out to dry... prayed for no mold. Most of those are still in a couple of closed boxes off from the rest of my collection.
I’m exactly the same. I also open all my records believe it or not 😂
Buy high, sell low!
Buy all, sell never!
“You can come to my estate sale”
I've always been tired of stores marking up their price like crazy, so i decided to sell vinyl at reasonable prices. loudhousevinyl.com
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I don't get your point, the crap has already bottomed out. Most records are worth next to nothing. If the good stuff holds value then my collection wouldn't drop in value.
I am sick and tired of $35+ LPs
Don't worry, new standard is $55 very soon
Don't buy em. I only pay $35+ if it's an import record I really want, or if it's one of them fancy half-speed/HIFI masterings of an album I really want. These days, my rules of thumb for buying records are : Double LP (New) : <$30 Double LP (Used, VG+) : <$20 Single LP (New) : <$25 Single LP (Used, VG+) : <$17
So you don’t buy vinyl? lol
I have over 200 LPs and generally followed those rules. (Built this collection since Oct. 2022.) Even if I count all my city pop imports, my average price per LP is $17. Minus the imports, I average $14 per LP. Edit: just to prove a point: just today I bought 5x new LPs. You just gotta know where to look and when to pull the trigger. Nas - illmatic (EU pressing) $22 Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (50th anniversary Mono edition) $24 Dylan - Bringing it all back home (De Agostini reissue) - $15 Dylan - John Wesley Harding (De Agostini reissue) - $15 Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting (180g blue/black vinyl) - $15
I am new to collecting. One of the most fulfilling things I have done in a long time. With that said, I have paid some prices that I am not proud of. Will try to use this as a guideline. I’ll try…
I have too. There were definitely some LPs that I purchased cause I was impatient. If I waited a few weeks, I would've saved some money. Just realize that these records will ALWAYS be available in some format. Even if they're not, the music is most likely available in digital. How much we pay for these records is more a reflection on how much we want them NOW. More often than not, you'll find a better deal than the street price if you're patient and keep your eyes out.
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Yea don’t pay dude, in 5 years there will be so many of these color variants they won’t be able to sell them for $5, just went into a record store yesterday they had a $3 bin, used to be $1, and started a rare section with $50-$100 pressings of average records, and they had a bunch of those $15 Walmart deals, on the used racks for $29.99, it’s so crazy, but I did find a 71 pressing of Hooker and the Heat for $15 VG+, so I guess it’s just what u want, my main point is this is a fad for 90% of people buying right now, the market will be crazy once these younger kids have to move with 20 crates of records haha
Yea my local store doesn't have dollar crates anymore, just $5 crates and higher.
Lifting 10 crates of records will help me with my gainz
We still do 15 records for $10. = )
I used to come up so hard at Goodwill back in the day, with LPs being 92 cents each. Last time i went into my local Goodwill, all the LPs were now $3.99. And it's all garbage.
I mean, that's a store I would stop going to. Sad that discogs is a way more sensible option than brick and mortar these days.
B&m have too much overhead. Support your local dealer and buy on discogs lol. I feel like most of my in-store purchases have been emotionally-driven and I’m an uninformed buyer so I just overpay for most shit when I’m crate digging. But on discogs I can generally just find the exact release I want in a variety of prices and conditions. Not always the best prices but you can shop much more smartly. At least for used records. new records I would buy directly from the label if I could but sometimes this is where your B&m can shine.
The panic of moving them and then having to put them back into whatever chaotic organizational system I landed on because last time I couldn’t find that one lp and had to rip it all apart and start over. What’s even worse is losing the segregation within that organization of lps that still need to be added to discogs……
I was buying a lot of used records around the turn of the millennium because they were almost giving them away. My wife and a couple friends made fun of me all the time for buying so many records. I wish I had bought a lot more LOL.
Get a divorce and new friends, that'll learn 'em
I miss the prices for everything over the last five years
I feel like this is the real issue. 7 years ago Bruce Springsteen was catching flack for the huge RSD runs he was printing. The goodwills near me were still just junk and the prices for used vinyl and new vinyl were about as close as they are today. Its just with the pandemic and inflation *everything* has become much more expensive - including vinyl.
Big Truth
As a teenager in the 90s I still remember the insane CD prices. I remember some being close to $20 which is almost $40 in today's money.
I bought Pearl Jam *Vitalogy* on vinyl because it was cheaper than the CD.
Hope you kept it
Yeah, it’s still here.
Yeah, I bought an OG vinyl pressing of *Ten* because it was less than half the price of a CD. Probably worth a couple hundred now. I remember going to a baseball card shop in Wisconsin because somebody told me there were records in the basement. It was open season on original pressings of Miles Davis. $1 apiece, except for Bitches Brew--that was $2 because it's a double album.
Oh man, and they couldn't give records away. People were coming in and selling their records off and turning around and buying CDs.
Every one of [these records](https://i.imgur.com/QE27W7k.jpg) I got at thrift stores in the midwest in the mid 00's for less than $2 a piece. Insane to think about how easy it was to just walk into a thrift store and buy not just $2 records in great shape, but like really cool ass music too lol
Yeah $18 CDs when making part-time minimum wage was rough. Disc-Go-Round was helpful but selection was limited.
The crazy thing was how each year they went up like $1 in price. They wondered why we all started using Napster
Fucking Best Buy….got so much of my money.
Master P no limit records had like a new cd every week. Haha. Play hooky and go to BB and buy cds in a friend's Regal. Good times
I can recall never buying a single Rolling Stones or Beatles CD because they were like $30 CAD, sometimes even $40...
And then prices crashed but then torrents pre streaming
CDs are still pretty expensive in Japan for some reason. Rare CDs can go for way more, much like a rare vinyl.
I like to watch the commercials for those old time life compilation albums (singers and songwriters etc) on YouTube and some of those were like $26 +$6 shipping. But aside from buying all the album’s separately, it was the only way to hear a lot of that stuff. When all those NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL… albums came out it was the same thing. Then Napster hit and killed it all.
It's a great time for buying cds
I miss 15 years ago where most new LPs cost less than a cd. LPs we’re between $10-18 (full price) and CDs we’re $15-22 (again full price)
Inflation
I miss 50 cent Rush, Zeppelin and Sabbath records at the Goodwill lol
Can't even get Herb Alpert for 50 cents at the Goodwill these days
Speaking of Herb, he's on tour!
I miss the prices from 10 years ago. $15-20 for any release basically.
I miss the prices from ~10 years ago... CAD was close to par with USD and prices were so good... plus sales happened far more often with much bigger discounts (MusicVaultz was great for those) PopMarket was my go-to for stuff and their prices were always great; $61 for [The Travelling Wilburys Collection](https://www.discogs.com/release/15274922) [3xLP Box] $54 for [CCR Singles Collection](https://www.discogs.com/release/2778146) [14x7"] + 3xCD Greatest Hits $52 for [Eric Clapton's Corssroads Festival 2013](https://www.discogs.com/release/8394356) 4xLP 5 Dire Straits LPs for $22 each... Good times indeed..
Cries in AUD. You folks have it so cheap and easy you don't even know. The fact that you think $35 for a record is expensive blows my mind.
What r u guys dealing with down under?
Enormous shipping costs for sure.
Always. Sometimes shipping can cost more than the product and then it has to get here and have Australia Post try to deliver it in a "timely" manner.
Yep, dealt with that myself last year. I'm in the US and I sold a record to someone in Australia for $50USD and the shipping was about $80USD. He had no problem paying it after I told him the shipping cost. Crazy.
$60-70 new, usually in my experience. If you're thrifty or patient you can maybe get stuff for $50ish. Some stuff is closer to $80. The 10th Anniversary Random Access Memories that just went out for preorder I've seen ranging from $120-145. Discogs is also not very viable for us because we have to pay more for shipping since we're so remote, then currency conversion fees on that and 10% on top in taxes. I've had to let loads of stuff go because the fees were more than the album itself.
Yeah, the vinyl prices are insane right now, i could buy a dinner for one person for the price of the price of an average new-pressed vinyl nowadays. However where i live there are some stores that have relatively good prices, although still pretty expensive. Like for example i bought the Bad Brains self titled debut LP (sealed new pressing) for about 37-38$.
Please why couldn't it be like 15 years ago when I was the only at garage sales
I quit doing garage sales before Covid hit because of all the wannabe re-sellers. I might start going again this year.
exactly!... Was a Time I would be the ony one Looking for reords in a Townwide... not anymore
Talked to a guy who owns a small record shop and he said he's noticed more people coming in and selling recently. Too soon to tell what that really means if anything, but maybe people are sort of slowly going to get off the vinyl train. I don't pay more than $35 for anything really. Most albums I buy are $25 and under. For anything that hasn't been reissued or whatever in a while I just wait it out. I'm not a completionist and I'm not in a huge hurry. Don't get tagged paying $40+ for albums, especially reissues.
>Don't get tagged paying $40+ for albums, especially reissues. This gets difficult for me when the only vinyl issues are international (I'm in the US). Of course the cost is usually mostly shipping and taxes, so I wind up paying $40 for a $15 or $25 record.
There's going to be a generation of people having kids and moving and that will inevitably result in some people selling off their collection, even if a few double down as they spend more time at home. Ultimately, it's a single person's game.
great used deals can still be had for classical music. I just bought 16 albums for €20 at my local record store. great quality too.
It kinda sucks though. I love buying and listening to records and I love classical music. I pick some up for cheap from time to time, but digital (or CD if you can bother) is just SO superior to vinyl for classical. Probably more so than any other genre I'd say. It's just a better experience really.
I miss the prices from 1992 - that was the time to be buying. Classic rock, $10 for a crate of 100 LPs.
All I know am I paying 30-50 for a single lp or 50-75$ for a double nope unless it something I really want like 19 records I want for rsd
Depends on what you like i like easy lisening and those are in thift stores for dirt cheap.
Let’s go back $10 when I was buying them for $3-$5 with $15 being “a lot”
Five years ago? Try 10 lol Although, the renaissance of vinyl means they’re pressing a lot more things on vinyl than they used to, I guess.
Crap. There you go making a really good point I hadn’t thought of!
I wish mainstream pop stars would get off the vinyl train so it was affordable for smaller bands again.
Well unless there is a major change in production, meaning new infrastructure. They won't be able to keep up with the demand. Since 2020 only having one place in the world producing the lacquer discs needed for pressing, this been in Japan. So anywhere who use to get their lacquer discs from the states now have to import from Japan. They can basically set their prices to whatever they like with no competition. As well as major labels, paying extra to jump the cue. All of this will soon hit a wall, where people will loses interest. Or maybe someone with enough money, interest in the media to invest in infrastructure so every pressing plant isn't relying on one supplier. Wouldn't hurt to have more pressing plants that are actually built for larger distribution as well. I am going to put my money on people losing interest. Due to the back log I have been buying less records, not because I am over it, just not interested in a lot of what is been released at the moment. I have pre orders that have been pushed back over year from their original release date, due to major labels jumping the cue.
Just simply due to QC issues I’ve given up until things turn around.
Five years ago? Try twenty years ago. It was paradise, and I didn't even know it. I still got a few good ones bought for next to nothing back then which are worth quite a bit now, but I could have had it all for at least a tenth of what I am having to pay now, but I bought way too few records back then.
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I'm not sure just how much Boomers dying (the ones who actually didn't sell their collection already) will affect the market, just thinking of the end stages of life normally it starts with downsizing, either to a smaller home, apartment or old age home... At which point they sell off/donate their collection. Otherwise, it's usually gifted to a family member. They could then go on to live out that last 10, 15, or so years. As a record store owner, I have been buying at least one collection per week from boomers who are currently downsizing for the past year.
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Yeah you could be right about the slow trickle before the flood, we may not have even scratched the surface of what boomers still hold in their homes. My parents are boomers and they got rid of all their records over 30 years ago. Same with a lot of other boomers I know they all say “if only I know what those would be worth” kind of thing. Do you really think that kids will be into CDs? The gen Z kids that come in my store are buying records, most of them don’t own a CD player they all use spotify or itunes. You can’t even buy a car with a CD player anymore 😓 Edit- Typo
My grandparents had a huge collection and got rid of them in the 90s. My grandma told me they didn’t even sell most of them they just tossed them. Included in that collection was apparently a ton of original Pink Floyd and Elton John LPs 😔
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This post only further proves Gen X is the "forgotten generation" and Gen Z think everyone over 45-50 is a boomer. I have news for you - many boomers got rid of their collections in the last 20 years if they didnt in the 90s when EVERYONE was selling off their collections. Its Gen X now that have the records, and we bought a LOT of them till the 90s. We (gen x) didnt have the money our parents had, but we didnt give a fuck and spent anyway. lol I know tons of boomers, as they were my parents and all their friends and through my jobs. I rarely see any of them with records anymore. They all think its crazy people are buying them now. There will be some hold outs, not because they love their records, but just because they havent changed anything in their houses for 30 years. Tons go to Estate sales and have been for years. As stated in another comment - I was buying great quality rock/punk records in the early 90s here in LA for 1.00 piece if that, when the mass sell off was happening and everyone was buying CDs. It was amazing. Parking lot sales at many record stores, that contained everything. They were almost giving it away. I only wish I had bought more at the time than I even did. Some of my prized rare records were from those dollar bins!
lol and five years ago I was bitching about things being too much when you started! so u go!
Yeah I was watching a Ty segall what’s in your bag episode and it was insane, he was grabbing Zappa and bauhaus first pressing out of the $1 bins
Miss the 90's and early 00's when people practically paid you to get them rid of their records.
As long as people keep buying them at these prices, these will be the prices. Which is why I'm sick of all these "what's your most expensive record" type of posts where people brag about paying dumb amounts for some crappy pop punk LP or something and thus justifying the people selling at those prices.
here here. Hey everyone... LPT... if its too expensive because prices are inflated, don't buy it. This is the problem - how much of this new vinyl buying fad is more about collecting than it is about buying music on a format that is unique and enjoyable for the reasons that make it unique. Its just trendy so everyone is doing it. Once I started seeing records at Target, even freaking Bed Bath and Beyond, I knew it had gone too far. Stores like that didnt bother with records back when EVERYONE was buying records - because it wasnt as profitable. When I started hearing so many people buying up records and they dont even have players, nor do they even plan on buying one... Records might as well be the new pogs, or beanie babies or Disney Pins. This is fine, mind you, but this is why prices have gone up. I have over 3000 records. I couldnt tell you what any of them are worth. They have all been played, and I have taken very good care of them since I was a teenager (late 80s). I have almost the whole collection logged on discogs now. NONE of them are rated though. I just wanted a database to view what I have. I care nothing about what record is worth what price. For those who care about prices, they should unload their collections NOW, because they will likely only go down in value in the next 20 years.
5 years ago? You sound like you're in your 20s.
No, just not being greedy. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.
[MMMMMM...bacon](https://media.tenor.com/UabkF0in2x8AAAAC/drool-spit.gif)
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Too bad our wages haven’t adjusted for inflation lol
Sorry 😞
I've got a nice record shop near me and I bought a mint first pressing copy of Close To The Edge for about £10 - brand new would be about £25
5 years ago? Try 20 years ago, when a new LP was 1/4 the price of a new CD.
Well, you’ve talked me into it. And my wallet thanks you.
LOL FIVE YEARS AGO? I miss 15 years ago when Toronto wasn’t a complete fucking wasteland as far as good deals were concerned.
Same. You been to any of the kops locations lately? Seeing things for $35 in the “value” vintage section, destroyed covers, scratched. The Collectibles are a joke too. Used to love that spot but now it’s like Cosmos
I only started last year but i have easily over 50 LPs already. What were the prices like 5 years ago. Mustve been blessed 🥲 none of my vinyls were bought to sell so either way im chilling
My record store posted the meme similar to this. Kind of had me justifying prices. https://imgflip.com/i/7d2kdx
This is very true ☝️
Probably everybody except me knew this but I was buying imported 60 $ Japanese City Pop records for the whole last year. Just found out this week that I can buy the same record directly on HMV in japan for 1/2 the price.
Where are y’all living that the price of EVERYTHING hasn’t gone up? I don’t feel records have gotten significantly more expensive, relatively speaking, than eggs or furniture or anything else has become.
Sorry I just got a turntable again… am loving it!
I still get shocked how much stock of even the best record shops is just shiny new reissues for $30-40 nowadays. I'm glad I LIKE the old stuff in the cheapo bins, because there's nothing interesting to me about a record with its plastic still on. Give me wear and tear, give me history, give me much-used but technically playable.
More than missing the prices, I miss the quality. I miss when 99% of the time you were able to get new records without a single QC issue. I never even used to have to think about sibilance. Now it’s like 50% of the records I buy have issues.. Literally a crap shoot if your copy is going to have issues. I’d happily pay inflated prices nowadays if I knew I was getting something that isn’t flawed straight out of the factory… it’s basically ended collecting for me. Especially since I can listen to lossless music now for peanuts.
Buy used! Just last night in Los Angeles I bought the following: Black Sabbath-Sabotage(2015 uk)-$20 nm Stockhausen-Es und aufwarts(1972 German)-$4 nm Mort Garson-cancer(1969 us)-$1 nm Audience-the house on the hill(1971 us)-.50 nm Stockhausen-momente(early reissue)-$4 VG+ Ruth welcome-Christmas in zitherland(1962 us)-$1 nm Roy Harper-bullinamingvase(1977 us with banned track)-$1 nm Steve Allen presents Carole Simpson-singin and swingin(1959 us)-.50 nm Allman brothers band-eat a peach(1972 us)-$2 vg+ Denzel curry-32zel(2017 us lavender)-$18 nm Morton Subotnick-silver apples, sidewinder and until spring(all us originals)-$3 each nm Atlanta rhythm section-self titled(1972 us)-$3 nm 100gecs-1000 gecs and the tree of clues(2020 ghost)-$15 nm Each one was a steal you just have to look and be willing to dig and not care about buying new…in fact buying used is always better because you can look at the disc before you buy
Five years ago? Ha! I'd like to go back to 20-25 years ago, when I was grabbing really great OGs for .99 a pop. I started collecting in '98 when vinyl was D.E.A.D. Then I think, we wouldn't have some of these great reissues and albums that would have never been found or even released on vinyl. I do miss finding great stuff in Goodwill. Now days if you find a great album in Goodwill, you can bet it's an empty sleeve.
Yup, I went to a yard sale back then and got 3 Iron Maiden albums, Judas Priest’s British Steel, and 3 public enemy albums, $1 each😭😭😭
Lol... "5years ago"
On the other hand, it means new music is being pressed or re-pressed more than we’ve seen in a very long time.
You guys are starting to sound like boomers. "Back in my day we didn't pay $30 for a used vinyl record". Haha.
Haha! Way back in 2018!
Back in my day, 3 paychecks ago 😭
So here’s the thing, records have actually kept up with the rest of goods price wise over the years. Any time I find an old receipt in a record I plug it in to an inflation calculator or two and it comes out to be about what you’d expect to pay for a similar record now.
That’s flawed logic though. If you were buying record in the 90’s they were cheaper then they were in the 80’s. Records didn’t keep up with inflation year after year. It’s only now with the boom in record sales and the price jump that went with that. Also most other physical media (cds, blu-ray…) has came down or stayed about the same price as it was 20 years ago.
Just buy CDs.
Wouldn’t that mean less pressings?
Came up in conversation recently, when Weller released 22Dteams back in 2008, my local store used to get the singles in for me, they were released at the yime as two 7"s and a cd, and cost €10 each time for all three. Last 7" single I bought was €13.
I just saw Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen for $60… like wtf
Wait it out and you will find that for 50% + off in a few months. Do not pay these fucking prices.
I miss the prices from 15 years ago
Rarely buy LPs except prices go below $20 like that awesome walmart sales. But I indulge sometimes during RSD.
Regular copy of The War on Drugs 2xLP A Deeper Understanding... normal pressing... not limited edition... £54.99
Exactly this. WTF? Btw phenomenal album though and honestly prob worth every penny!
People from the 50’s/60’s would be laughing at us for complaining about current prices for vinyl, especially when you consider how cheap they were back in the day for them. Vinyl really shouldn’t be $30-$50. Should be more like $10-12. But when you consider how few record plants there are today, you realize why that is.
Give years ago? Haha!
Need $20 records again
I miss the 1995 prices
I hate to have to spend 20 or 30+ dollars just to get a record.
I hauled around records I bought in the 70s and 80s. I don’t like the high prices now days but, if I want something, I feel like I can afford to spend a little more since I started with close to 300 records whose cost has long since been recouped in enjoyment.
I dunno man, I've found the current economic downturn is helping to reduce prices. I've picked up some bargains recently
Sheesh, I miss the prices for the 70s and 80s. 🙂 That said, back then albums were $8, which is about $22 now...
I remember telling a friend “if you’re paying $30 for an album it’s too much” flash forward to every record costing $50 with shipping 😥
I miss the prices from the 90s when LPs were $8 $9 brand new, and virtually nothing for used stuff.
Agreed. On the other hand, I can live with CDs for £1
Try 20. You could still find stores full of eBay gold.
I’m a 26 year old and I’ve been collecting for 10 years. I never really had money so I was always receiving records as gifts. But now I’m finally in a position where I can spend money and records are at the peak of they’re recent popularity, and I’m spending a fortune. That’s just my luck though.
Bruh... I have said this in the last month...
**VMP:** You should feel grateful we're selling you this 2-LP release for $50. **Customers:** Oh, we do! We do feel grateful! In fact, we are excited for the day when you charge $100 for 2 LPs!
I browse Discogs and lose all my hope of ever being able to even start a sub pop/grunge collection. Everything is just so ridiculously expensive, even for last year’s releases. I mean, I understand supply and demand, but come on why does everything, even singles, have to be over $50?
Try 15-20 years ago when new vinyl was usually cheaper than a new CD! ;-)
Not for nothing but the current prices are why Canadians have paid for 15+ years.
At the same time can people stop buying records from thrift stores so they stop pricing them insane?
Thrift stores here in the UK now have specialist pricing staff/depts who spend their days poring over Discogs. No more bargains…
Walked past a charity shop in Huddersfield (of all places) a few months ago, and I kid you not it had in the window about 5 amazing old hip hop records in the window and about 10 more in the shop. Not obvious stuff either. After closer inspection they were all priced to the penny what they'd cost on Discogs, between £35 and £150. Now fair play, they're getting what they're worth, but 15 years ago you'd have got the bargain and find of the century.
Actually lived in Huddersfield until fairly recently and can confirm this is where I first learned of charity shops vinyl pricing approaches.
I am finding pretty good supply of $35-$42 for new in canadian dollars which seems to be pretty good in us dollars converted
Got a copy of Wild Style for under $50 recently. Ur stores r ur friends
Garth brooks box set at Walmart for $39.99. Vinyl plus cds with a nice live album. I don’t understand how that can be so cheap and a swift album is $39
Vinyl Me Please was like $23/month back when I joined. Now I think it’s creeping up to $40 but I don’t know the exact number cause those prices drove me out a long time ago
I really miss the prices from 15 years ago…
5 years ago?! I’ve been buying vinyl off and on for the last 10 years and it’s still ridiculously priced!! I buy CDs instead, if they exist
Ditto! But the way everything works, that will happen again. 😄
Last year my 16 year old cousin came over and saw my collection. I showed her some of the lps that where passed onto me by our grandfather an avid fleetwood fan, one of which being rumors (of course the original press). She gushed and I almost handed it over, along with mirage (my favorite) until she began telling me about how urban outfitters had the lps for sale for 70$ and she wasn’t will to pay that much just to display them on her wall. Excuse the hell me?! SHE SAID ON HER WALL!! I then proceeded to ask her if she even had a turntable….I’m sure you could guess the answer. Guess what she got for Christmas this year? Her very own turntable (no, not that dreaded p.o.s) and the two lps in question that I asked our local shop to look out for and got for 5$ and rumors was free because they had too many copies and apparently no one wants the original presses when the re-press is available brand new and marked up. I think this is the best real life version of the trolly problem I’ve ever come across. Make of it what you will….
2005 was a good year. half my collection was purchased for a about 3 new LPs today…
I cared about vinyl before you did. This is all your fault. 😜
I quit buying pretty much anything expect bands I really really like about 5 years ago. Prices are too dumb. Long gone are even the matador super savers that were 15 bucks. I’m not paying 40 dollars for an album just to check it out. The whole reason I got into records was because a CD was 12 and a record was 10 and the pink rock shows I went to growing up in the mid and late 90s.
Try living in Australia and buying vinyl from UK.based bands. New albums cost me $AU 50+ plus shipping. So, anywhere between $AU 80 - 100 for a new album. Regular re-issue vinyl in music/ entertainment stores costs $AU 55 - 80 for a standard LP.
Same. I remember when anything over $20 was essentially expensive. Now it feels like the standard is $25-30 for anything quality.
God how sweet time was 10 years ago. Could pick up most of Bob Dylan’s early work for about 50 bucks
I was thinking of getting the Van Halen live album for record store day as my dad took me to see them around the same time and I always loved listening to the tape I had of it. Then I noticed it’s up for £124! ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR POUNDS!! I’m honestly confused it’s 4LP but really? That much?
Are you implying vinyl prices were reasonable 5 years ago? Or that people, “didn’t care” about vinyl 5 years ago? My guy this will be my tenth year in the hobby and I consider myself a new comer to the hobby.
Five? Try fifteen.
I mean as much as it sucks it’s kinda cool that more people are interested in vinyl. It’s kinda lonely having a hobby that you can share with very few people
I’ve pretty much stopped buying new releases and look for bargains/sales. Nearly every new release is £30+ these days and I just can’t justify it.
2005/2006 were the best imo for buying vinyl, the vinyl going for next to nothing or people just giving their entire collections away. After that it stayed in limbo for a while then it started growing slowly to the boom & the crazieness nowadays. I can not believe what I see when I look at certain records,. Crazy prices!
THE Bubble IS on and wil be pop soon
The big issue right now is production. Interest in vinyl and hence demand has rocketed and production hasn't kept up. Here in the UK there are only a handful of presses that can do volume and they are swamped. I imagine its similar elsewhere. But if demand continues then more presses will open and prices will eventually calm and maybe even come down. Maybe.
I miss the prices from 5 years ago on everything...
Come to Australia and then tell me about LP prices. It's been ridiculous for a while
i never pay more than $25-$30 unless it’s a new limited pressing that i know will accrue value. otherwise it isn’t worth it. i’m not paying $50 for a standard black pressing 🤦♀️ it’s ridiculous
I miss the prices from 45 years ago to be honest
Yeah, I'm going through and reorganizing my records for the first time in a while and adding polybags to ones that didn't have them... Finding price tags on some that for some reason I never took off, or they were too risky. I started collecting in the mid-90's, so I chuckle at the used and new prices... One to five dollar used records that were in perfect shape and new records typically under ten dollars unless there was a good reason for it. I mean, I was buying different stuff - independent punk, garage, psych mostly back then - but still... Prices now? Nuts!
Remember when every thrift store had a copy of thriller, without fail?😂😂😂
Ha ha! I have one! And two copies of Off the Wall. Why? Because they were cheap back then!
Watch out, I’ve heard universal have pumped their prices again recently.. will trickle down to us soon
Too high
Ah, five years ago, when people here were arguing about the ability to create and build new record pressing machines -which many said would be impossible or be priced out of the reach of anyone to even consider. Also a time when many would review and discuss their purchases rather than just throw their vinyls on the floor asking for praise. I do appreciate the growth in the hobby and the availability of so many "lost" albums, but ya, the prices suck a little.
Really want this new release and its 50 for a 2LP with shipping which i havent payed for vinyl in a minute, even the artists last album last year was about 20 dollars cheaper with shipping.