So I have just started to try and get all Infected Mushroom vinyl so paid £189 for one LP so far ..
BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:I paid £50 for the Nick Drake Fruit Tree box set in the 90s, which was the rrp at that time. The most I've paid for a used record is around £30 for a 2nd pressing of Neu 75 by Neu.
I really don't think I'd ever pay more than that for a record, no matter how much I wanted it.
Freddy58 said:BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:I paid £50 for the Nick Drake Fruit Tree box set in the 90s, which was the rrp at that time. The most I've paid for a used record is around £30 for a 2nd pressing of Neu 75 by Neu.
I really don't think I'd ever pay more than that for a record, no matter how much I wanted it.
I pretty much agree. I saw a copy of Abbey Road for £35 last year. I was sorely tempted, but it was a step too far.
BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:Freddy58 said:BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:I paid £50 for the Nick Drake Fruit Tree box set in the 90s, which was the rrp at that time. The most I've paid for a used record is around £30 for a 2nd pressing of Neu 75 by Neu.
I really don't think I'd ever pay more than that for a record, no matter how much I wanted it.
I pretty much agree. I saw a copy of Abbey Road for £35 last year. I was sorely tempted, but it was a step too far.
I've just been going through my vinyl on Discogs to try and pinpoint which exact copy I have of each record I own, and one thing I've learned, is how the slightest of differences on matrix numbers on the run out grooves can make a masssive difference on the price.
Chances are Freddy, that copy of Abbey Road wasn't what you thought it was.
Did you know that there are atleast 25 different UK pressings of Blue Monday by New Order from 1983 alone?
Freddy58 said:Naturally, I wouldn't have a clue as to what was on offer, regarding Abbey Road. They actually had three copies, all varying on condition. Cheapest was around £11, IIRC. In any event, I'd probably rather get it on CD, than pay that. Still, you never know *smile*
BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW said:Freddy58 said:Naturally, I wouldn't have a clue as to what was on offer, regarding Abbey Road. They actually had three copies, all varying on condition. Cheapest was around £11, IIRC. In any event, I'd probably rather get it on CD, than pay that. Still, you never know *smile*
No Freddy! CD? NO!
You should be able to pick up an excellent vinyl copy for little over a tenner. I used to have one of these and it was decent. Have a look on Discogs.
Freddy58 said:One there for £15, but remastered. I'm always a bit dubious of remasters.
Jim_W said:...And yes, it's a bit rubbish...oh and it's warped too but it's rare and you needed it to complete your Hugh Organ and The Dazzling Sausages collection
Jim_W said:This whole area was the subject of some pretty fierce exchanges in the letters section of Record Collector mag; I think most contributors agreed with you, as I do too, that records are for playing and not for storing away in a hermetically sealed environment.
Having said that I do collect records, but my collection is only a result of having bought the records to listen to the music; this has often meant buying less than pristine copies of rare records and buffing them up so they're listenable. Some of my favourite lps are a bit battered, but for me that's part and parcel of collecting and, if I'm honest, I enjoy the challenge of restoring impossibly rare records that have been bashed about a bit or neglected; sometimes they're beyond repair of course or I'll need to find a better copy as and when. Anyway, I like the ruin in things, but many don't. Fair enough.
The real problem re the 'playing or collecting' issue doesn't really manifest itself until you've got pretty much all of the readily available rarities that you covert; then the 'do I want to play it or collect?' becomes crucial because you're moving into the realm of ultra-rare stuff that, even in VG, is going to cost an arm and a leg. Then the complex mental wrangling really kicks in: 'Ok it's rare, but do I really want it? Yes!! 'Yes, but it's probably rubbish' Yeah well....but you'll never see another copy' 'I won't buy any records for a couple of months if I buy this.' Dealer: 'I have to tell you there's quite a few people interested in that record...I've had some offers'. Cue, sweating, palpitations and haggling over the price; there then follows an adrenaline rush like no other as you rush home, stealing glances at the sleeve. And yes, it's a bit rubbish...oh and it's warped too but it's rare and you needed it to complete your Hugh Organ and The Dazzling Sausages collection; or, of course, it's better than you thought it would be and it takes pride of place in your collection...for a few days...until the next time.
If this is meaningless drivel, be happy that you have, thus far, avoided this debilitating disease. Music, not hi-fi, is my addiction; collecting is something that just seems to happen in tandem with searching out records that you've read about. Don't get involved with it.
Jim_W said:Having said that I do collect records, but my collection is only a result of having bought the records to listen to the music; this has often meant buying less than pristine copies of rare records and buffing them up so they're listenable. Some of my favourite lps are a bit battered, but for me that's part and parcel of collecting and, if I'm honest, I enjoy the challenge of restoring impossibly rare records that have been bashed about a bit or neglected; sometimes they're beyond repair of course or I'll need to find a better copy as and when. Anyway, I like the ruin in things, but many don't. Fair enough.
Jim_W said:The Doors: 'Waiting For The Sun' mono is pretty rare in both UK and US form