@glupson
Ever heard about RARE records?
There are American SOUL 45s from the late 60s - early 80s that goes typically for £300 each nowadays, when sellers spread their sales lists by fax (in the 90’s) some of those records were priced at £5 - £30 max. There are records that goes for £1000+ each!
In the US look for RecordsByMail.com - the largest online retailer of used, vintage and collectible vinyl. The man behind this warehouse filled with millions of records is Mr. Craig Moerer (respected dealer and collector).
In UK it’s John Manship and his raresoulman.co.uk
I’m talking about records that you can’t afford, but record collectors are happy to bid on it (auctions). Pressed on private independent labels in 500 - 3000 copies they have a cult statis today on the Soul Scene. Americans never rated their own music as high as collectors from UK, Europe and Japan. Tons of records were exported from America before your local dealers realized what was that. Extremely rare Soul records in best possible condition are no longer in the USA, they are in Japan and UK for decades.
Years ago when digital (CDs) flooded the market most peope thought Vinyl is garbage, dead format of music etc. They are still terribly wrong and high demand on vinyl is a proof.
Digital is free, you don’t have to pay anything if all you need is a good playlist, all records are on youtube for free. In higher resolution (if needed) people can pay a bit for subscription to streaming. BUT why so many people love vinyl and willing to pay for each record more than you pay for access to entire digital library on some popular streaming services for years!?
Ever heard about RARE records?
There are American SOUL 45s from the late 60s - early 80s that goes typically for £300 each nowadays, when sellers spread their sales lists by fax (in the 90’s) some of those records were priced at £5 - £30 max. There are records that goes for £1000+ each!
In the US look for RecordsByMail.com - the largest online retailer of used, vintage and collectible vinyl. The man behind this warehouse filled with millions of records is Mr. Craig Moerer (respected dealer and collector).
In UK it’s John Manship and his raresoulman.co.uk
I’m talking about records that you can’t afford, but record collectors are happy to bid on it (auctions). Pressed on private independent labels in 500 - 3000 copies they have a cult statis today on the Soul Scene. Americans never rated their own music as high as collectors from UK, Europe and Japan. Tons of records were exported from America before your local dealers realized what was that. Extremely rare Soul records in best possible condition are no longer in the USA, they are in Japan and UK for decades.
Years ago when digital (CDs) flooded the market most peope thought Vinyl is garbage, dead format of music etc. They are still terribly wrong and high demand on vinyl is a proof.
Digital is free, you don’t have to pay anything if all you need is a good playlist, all records are on youtube for free. In higher resolution (if needed) people can pay a bit for subscription to streaming. BUT why so many people love vinyl and willing to pay for each record more than you pay for access to entire digital library on some popular streaming services for years!?
