@bdp24 right on brother !,
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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@lowrider57 absolutely….early MoFi hit or miss, newer gain 2 with changes Eric noted above are much improved…. |
It depends on what you are looking for. I wanted a pristine green Warner label of Herbie Hancock’s "Crossings, " part of a trilogy of spiritual jazz. Audiophile is expensive, but I got a sealed Warner green from the period from him. I thought the later Speakers Corner was better. If you can find what you are looking for locally, great! I am all stocked up on the usual suspects, and what I’m chasing they don’t have in local record stores. So, I’m buying via the Internet, often from abroad even for US pressings. If you are filling need for less than 10 bucks, more power to ya. |
@whart: Yeah Bill, the hardest-to-find titles in my wants list will most likely never be found locally, but hope springs eternal. What I find locally are albums I either somehow missed (the John Simon), or common titles that I wasn't interested in at the time of their original release. I've done some buying on Discogs, but the seller standards of grading condition are often below that of mine, even when they grade an LP as Near Mint, which you would think universal. Nope, 'fraid not. I am not interested in any but Near Mint or better LP's. If I have to wait to find a title, that's fine. I already have enough albums to keep me busy for the rest of my life. What I value most in the Vinyl Community YouTube videos is learning of artists or albums of which I have been unaware. Also comparisons between different pressings of the same title, and news of upcoming releases. All the good online sellers are great about announcing upcoming releases, both new and reissue. There has never been a time better for being an LP consumer than now! |
Yes, you are lucky. Keep prowling. You can take chances on unknown artists at those prices. See something interesting, look it up on your phone in the store! I grew up with the Kinks, a favorite of mine also. I had too many Kinks, sold some on eBay. I saw the Kinks live at the Beacon, NYC. Not the loudest, that was Dylan and the Distorters, wall of amps ’living in clip’ (as Ani Difranco came up with).but Holy crap, playing Lola, every guy thinks he can dance, up, bouncing the mezzanine and balconies like a rolling Stones concert. |
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