Vinyl prices has reached its breaking point IMO

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Zod said:
    who is going to make me choose 20 records only?  It's taken me over 25 years to build my collection.  If someone gave me that ultimatum, I wouldn't say a word.  I'd just walk away.

    That being said, it's dawned on me if I live long, I'm probably going to have to go to an old folks home.  There won't be room for the vinyl.   I don't look forward to that day.  The rough part is whoever had to sell the rest, we're all going to be old at that point.   The kids of the 2060's probably aren't going to be interest in a very heavily overweighted in 90s rock collection :(
    If you do go to a home you should start constructing that top 20 now...
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I seldom get the chance to browse a good record store, but recently had to make the trek down to Folsom to get some work done on my Little Martin LX1, so headed over to this place I used to frequent down the road a bit.  I was pretty much blown away by how much the prices have shot up in the last year since I was down there.  Not only that, but more and more of what they stock are new pressings.  They used to have about 2/3 used and one third new.  Now, other than the junk in the down low horizontal shelves, most of what they carry in the waist high flip bins is new vinyl- I would say a good 80 to 90% new, and the prices are crazy.  And they have this massive cage that they keep higher end stuff in and the prices are insane.  The untitled Led Zeppelin IV for $89.95?  Give me a freakin' break.  I picked up an excellent good as new copy a couple of years ago for $18.50 from an independent seller on Discogs.

    The other thing that bugged the crap our of me was how many "unofficial" Neil Young albums they had.  That might be the end for me as far as going back there.  Those "unofficial" LPs and bootlegs are a type of theft- intellectual theft.  And intellectual theft of a creative artist is a major sin in my book.  I do NOT dig that shit once bit.  Neil would agree.  I can't believe they get away with this stuff. 

    Screw it.  Don't need to go there again.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,802
    edited July 2022
    brianlux said:
    The other thing that bugged the crap our of me was how many "unofficial" Neil Young albums they had.  That might be the end for me as far as going back there.  Those "unofficial" LPs and bootlegs are a type of theft- intellectual theft.  And intellectual theft of a creative artist is a major sin in my book.  I do NOT dig that shit once bit.  Neil would agree.  I can't believe they get away with this stuff. 

    Screw it.  Don't need to go there again.
    Any excuse to post this gem again  :)

     https://youtu.be/N-3rFhXVrvI
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    goldrush said:
    brianlux said:
    The other thing that bugged the crap our of me was how many "unofficial" Neil Young albums they had.  That might be the end for me as far as going back there.  Those "unofficial" LPs and bootlegs are a type of theft- intellectual theft.  And intellectual theft of a creative artist is a major sin in my book.  I do NOT dig that shit once bit.  Neil would agree.  I can't believe they get away with this stuff. 

    Screw it.  Don't need to go there again.
    Any excuse to post this gem again  :)

     https://youtu.be/N-3rFhXVrvI

    LOL, for sure!  Love it!  Wish Neil at been at this store I was in today!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited July 2022
    I'm always thrilled to see vinyl that is reasonably priced.  For example:

    That copied rather small.  Here are the prices in order of those listed on that page:
    €2,000,000.00
    £1,000,000.00
    £689,921.00
    $413,500.00 (smokin' deal, better grab that one!)
    $220,000.00
    $155,555.00



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    -Roberto Benigni

  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,652
    ooo. I have that Live on 2 legs. Willing to sell it for only $400k if anyone is interested.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Tim Simmons said:
    ooo. I have that Live on 2 legs. Willing to sell it for only $400k if anyone is interested.

    LOL.  I would sell all 1000 LPs in my collection for 400 grand!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,802
    I love that there are 6 pages of LOTL listings between $20 - $90, then from out of nowhere $400k!

     And the Irish sense of humour to ask for 2 million Euro (almost $3 million AUD!) for a Yoko record with a G+ sleeve is genius.  :D
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    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
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  • FR181798
    FR181798 Posts: 2,166
    I've managed to go 2 months now since I last bought vinyl. Still not got Earthling. Ha Ha so proud of myself.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,757
    Zod said:
    who is going to make me choose 20 records only?  It's taken me over 25 years to build my collection.  If someone gave me that ultimatum, I wouldn't say a word.  I'd just walk away.

    That being said, it's dawned on me if I live long, I'm probably going to have to go to an old folks home.  There won't be room for the vinyl.   I don't look forward to that day.  The rough part is whoever had to sell the rest, we're all going to be old at that point.   The kids of the 2060's probably aren't going to be interest in a very heavily overweighted in 90s rock collection :(
    You can use your records to rest your bed on. You may be sleeping a few inches from the ceiling but will still have your records.  My son said he wouldn't want mine. 
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    Zod said:
    Loujoe said:
    I always regret selling anything. Never once said ,why did I keep this?

    Haha I'm the same way.  At some point I'm going to have more of a storage issue, and I've only got so many hours a week to spin a record, but I love collecting and listening to them.   It never occurs to me sell them.  I've had a few duplicates I've given to a friend that also collection, and sometimes he returns the favour.   I think I would regret losing something out of the collection more than I do having bought it.

    I think a lot of is I've been collecting since the 90s.  New releases were hard to find, so it was either the odd new release or discounted classic rock albums.  These last 10 years I've felt like a kid in a candy store with how much stuff gets pressed and how I've been able to buy lots of records I couldn't find back in the day.

    All I ever think about is who to leave my collection to in my will, lol.
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,906
    PJ_Soul said:
    Zod said:
    Loujoe said:
    I always regret selling anything. Never once said ,why did I keep this?

    Haha I'm the same way.  At some point I'm going to have more of a storage issue, and I've only got so many hours a week to spin a record, but I love collecting and listening to them.   It never occurs to me sell them.  I've had a few duplicates I've given to a friend that also collection, and sometimes he returns the favour.   I think I would regret losing something out of the collection more than I do having bought it.

    I think a lot of is I've been collecting since the 90s.  New releases were hard to find, so it was either the odd new release or discounted classic rock albums.  These last 10 years I've felt like a kid in a candy store with how much stuff gets pressed and how I've been able to buy lots of records I couldn't find back in the day.

    All I ever think about is who to leave my collection to in my will, lol.
    Generally my wife gets first dibs, then one of my best friends gets the rest, but he's a few years older than me, so odds are, I need a plan B.    Maybe one of my nieces/nephews, or the kids of one of my best friends will show an interest one day.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I need to go over to the "You know you're getting old when..." thread and write...
    "when younger people on the Pearl Jam fan site start talking about who they are going to leave their record collection to."

    Or would that be the "You know you're getting really old when..." thread?  Haha!

    Seriously though, that's a tough decision, and for those with a sizable question, a wise thing to be thinking about at some point. 
    I started by including in my trust one person young enough to be my grand-daughter, added another young enough to be my son, and a third young enough to be my grandson, all extended family people.  Thankfully all are reasonable people and I expect there will be no knife fights to break out when the divvying up commences. 
    I just hope at least one of them loves Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, and Sun Ra.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,757
    Whoooo? ;)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited August 2022
    Loujoe said:
    Whoooo? ;)

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    What are they talking about, Pete?

    Why, these gents, of course, Keith:


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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited August 2022
    It’s not all bad news

    Found this from an article from 2013 about AP’s UHQR’s being priced at $100 after they purchased the rights to the trademark 

    “Is $100 expensive? Consider that Mobile Fidelity's UHQR LPs from the 1980s cost $50”

    a 50 dollar mofi is $180 in todays dollars so both the UHQR and one steps are running behind inflation.  High end releases seem to be a relatively good deal historically at $150 AP and $125 mofi one step 

    it’s still a lot of money, but not out of line 
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  • FR181798
    FR181798 Posts: 2,166
    edited August 2022
    Was thinking mofi releases might drop in value with all the hullabaloo but seem to still be holding strong. You wonder if mofi stuff will become even more sought after because really a lot of them are still the best sounding version available.
  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited August 2022
    FR181798 said:
    Was thinking mofi releases might drop in value with all the hullabaloo but seem to still be holding strong. You wonder if mofi stuff will become even more sought after because really a lot of them are still the best sounding version available.
    Not sure if it’s the mastering with a digital step, the super Vinyl or what but the one steps win over AP UHQR in noise floor.  I only have a couple one steps, but in that area, they win. To me it’s not that close. Unless my experience is a statistical fluke or it’s because of the specific titles compared. Certainly not a scientific comparison 

    actual audio quality, no idea since you can’t do a head to head of the same title 

    bill evans live at the village vanguard is the only one step without a digital step.  That one will probably go through the roof.  It’s an amazing set, it’s a LE, and it’s the one unique one step 

    its the mainline releases that are “a digital clone of a digital master” being sold not on the silver label but on the “original master recording” which is really going to get them in trouble. Probably legally.  That’s a flat out lie, vs deception by omission 
    Weezer Pinkerton for example 
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  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,249
    I have come to the decision to get rid of a large chunk of my collection. Been in contact with a dude who owns a store, and he seems to pay pretty well. I think in the end I will have about 15-20 full record boxes to sell him in one transaction. I know I will get a bit less, but I'm tired of shipping out records one by one via Discogs. I think I will feel relieved after the sale. I will still have quite a few that I'm keeping.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    lexicondevil said:
    I have come to the decision to get rid of a large chunk of my collection. Been in contact with a dude who owns a store, and he seems to pay pretty well. I think in the end I will have about 15-20 full record boxes to sell him in one transaction. I know I will get a bit less, but I'm tired of shipping out records one by one via Discogs. I think I will feel relieved after the sale. I will still have quite a few that I'm keeping.

    I sometimes hope I'll come across a buy like that so I can keep my little record section alive at the bookstore up here in Placerville.  But then I think about all the work and am less ambitious.  I wish I'd stated doing this thing earlier in my life!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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