Vinyl prices has reached its breaking point IMO
Spiritual_Chaos
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I understand that they are now selling to people who "want/collect vinyl" and not "people who want music", and that the market is smaller.
But looking through the local record store (here in Sweden sure, so more expensive than other places) and finding these prices:
Taylor Swift - Lover - $33
New Pixies (1 LP) - $33
Live on two Legs - $42
RSD My Morning Jacket (1 LP) - $30
Some new Leonard Cohen greatest hits - $45
While CD's keep the same price (pretty much) as 20 years ago.
I will keep buying a select few Neil Young releases, and I guess I'm somewhat stuck with Pearl Jam (even with their highly cynical colored re-releases) but other than that, I will stick with streaming.
It is just too expensive to buy new releases on wax.
But looking through the local record store (here in Sweden sure, so more expensive than other places) and finding these prices:
Taylor Swift - Lover - $33
New Pixies (1 LP) - $33
Live on two Legs - $42
RSD My Morning Jacket (1 LP) - $30
Some new Leonard Cohen greatest hits - $45
While CD's keep the same price (pretty much) as 20 years ago.
I will keep buying a select few Neil Young releases, and I guess I'm somewhat stuck with Pearl Jam (even with their highly cynical colored re-releases) but other than that, I will stick with streaming.
It is just too expensive to buy new releases on wax.
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however I also haven’t seen vinyl prices going up at the same rate as a lot of other things over the past 6-8 months either
from what I remember from years ago Sweden wasn’t as expensive as Norway though. I still remember getting charged 40 bucks for two servings of Ben and Jerry’s in Olso about 8 years ago. That’s a double LP right there. It was crazy
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id way rather pay 60-70 for an AP release than 40 for most of this other stuff. At 40-50 for Lo2L with tax and shipping the value isn’t there
But 40 dollars for ice cream seems a bit aggressive... you sure you didn't walk into some Michelin awarded restaurant? haha.
I've started holding off on anything that doesn't appear super limited. I've had a few records recently where the price has seemed much more sensible.
Killers Pressure Machine new for £13.99. Band of Horses for £17.99 etc. Even NY Carnegie Hall seemed okay at £21.99. Also I mentioned in another thread but hmv here had Lightning Bolt for £8.99 a few months ago.
I think its these records where they slap a price of £35 -£45 for a double LP from new that annoy me most.
I think I'm going to go back to my original intention; only buy vinyl that is only available on that format. Everything else is digital and possibly some cd's.
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I recently bought Lost Dogs here for about $600 CDN. which is really quite insane for a damn record who's music I can access digitally or on compact disc. But I'm a completist. I have the rest of the studio albums on vinyl. So I have to have this one. that's so dumb (and I stopped short of buying the greatest hits records). I bought the ten and vs/vitalogy super deluxes TWICE. the first vs/vitalogy SD came with Vault 1 on cd as a bonus. I sold that too. which I now regret, but it costs an insane amount to buy now (for a cd). I have it now on vinyl, but I haven't opened it in case I have more buyer's remorse.
but why do I have vault 1 on vinyl but no other vaults? do i have to track them all down now too? or sell all my damn vinyl and go to see the band live?
to sum up....I just want to be normal again.
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You might regret a sell off once your kids are older and you have more time on your hands to spin them!
When CDs came out, for some dumb reason I fell for the whole deal and sold off a bunch of my records. I can't tell you how many times I said to myself, "Why did I sell that?" Over the last 20 years or so, I've re-purchased many of those I regretted selling. Only a few remain to be brought back into the fold (so to speak)- things I originally paid six or eight bucks for new, and of course, they are now outrageously expensive now.
There are only a handful of artists that I buy every release on vinyl (Neil, PJ, Mark Lanegan, Lou Barlow/Sebadoh, maybe 1 or 2 others). 10 or 15 years ago I might have been chasing down every limited release or side project (and been really annoyed if I missed out) but those days are long gone.
There will be the odd occasion where I go looking for a specific record, but usually only if I already love the album and want to be able to spin it, otherwise I'll go for digital.
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It was exciting buying a record and there wasn't new stuff out every week I wanted but now it's so marketed. I feel tricked into wanting things I don't really want to buy. Almost every time I purchase something now I just feel annoyed at the cost and it ruins the experience. I don't believe the values on discogs but even the lowest value of my collection is pretty eye watering for me. I look at all this "stuff" and think how am I ever going to get rid of it. The effort alone will be monumental. 20+ years of collecting. My kids show no interest. Ive told myself if I ever lose my job I'm just going to take some time and sell all of this. I'm pretty sure though one day I'll have had enough and just donate the whole lot to charity.
Ultimately at the moment I just need to be more disciplined and more selective. I can't just stop overnight.
No thanks. I put it right back.