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The price of used LP's.

Am I just lucky in living in an area with a lot of little record shops, where I regularly find LP’s from the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s in Near Mint condition, priced from as low as $3 to $10 (occasionally above, but anything above $10 I usually already have)?

I ask because in today’s email from Audiophile USA, the following Kinks (amongst my very favorite 1960’s UK Groups) LP’s were included in the offerings:

 

- Something Else By The Kinks, this copy with a small "cut-out" rivet installed in its’ cover. Listed price $95. By the time I had opened the email, the LP had already sold. Luckily I still have the 3-color/steamship label Reprise copy I bought new in 1968 for $2.99.

- Face To Face (mono U.S. pressing), with "some crease wear on top and spine, hence price", which is $140. I don’t need it (I have an original mono UK Pye Records copy), so it’s all yours.

- Face To Face (this copy stereo), with cut-our rivet, $125.

 

What I DO know is that I started buying LP’s (I don’t like calling it "collecting") early enough that I already own most of the LP’s that are now selling for these kind of prices. How ’bout you?

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slaw
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Yeah, I think you've made a good investment over the years, Eric. If only your heirs know the value.

johnto
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Many of the prices are just crazy. In may cases I would rather have a better sounding remastered copy.

I have a huge collection from the 60's to late 70's my children said they would get a dumpster till I told them otherwise.

Wish I had the motivation to sell some duplicates myself, maybe I'll see if my grandson will do it on commission.

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noromance
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Where do you live and (cough), how's the health?

my children said they would get a dumpster till I told them otherwise.

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artemus_5
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@bdp24 

We had a record store here last year which had the same. $3-5 NM used LP's. Then there was the $1 boxes. I bought several that were NM. Bob James, David Sanborn, Lee Ritenour just a few of the artists. Unfortunately they closed after on;ly 3-4 months. I used to look forward to going there on the weekends. Only about a mile from my house

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bdp24 OP
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I also brought home one of John Simon's two albums, Journey (Warner Brothers). John is best known for producing the first two albums of The Band, but he also did the debut albums of Leonard Cohen and The Electric Flag (the only one Al Kooper as leader), as well as Big Brother & The Holding Company's Cheap Thrills.

I don't even remember John's two albums coming out in the early-70's, only learning of them from Mazzy (Norman Maslov) in one of his excellent Vinyl Community YouTube videos. I'm sure this album sold no more than a few thousand copies back then, yet this one---the first I've ever seen---cost me only $15. The cover is in only about VG condition, but the disc is Near Mint.

I also brought home Richie Furay's I Still have Dreams (produced by Val Garay, and featuring the playing of The Section: Russell Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel, and Craig Doerge. Mastered by Doug Sax.), and Norton Buffalo's Desert Horizon (executive producer Steve Miller. Norton's accompanists include John McFee, Mickey Hart, Bill Champlin, Nicolette Larson, The Tower Of Power Horns, Bobby Black, and drummer Gary Mallaber), both in NM condition and priced at $2.99 each (minus my senior discount. The Goodwill Store cashier didn't ask for I.D. Guess I AM getting old ;-).  

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