Old records Vs new heavy weight records

[makinmusic]

I was curious on getting some opinions on old records Vs new records.

What with all these new records splatter effect individual coloured records limited quantities of this colour of that splatter hitting the market.

Curious to see what others make of the new records.

I have a large collection including first presses of older style records many various genres of music.

Will these new fangled records keep there value, increase in value?

Is the music industry just flooding the market with to many limited edition this and that?

Is this just a ploy to get more money for the same music?

Personally I buy the music to listen to and even if I buy a rare older copy and it's still in the wrapper it gets opened and played almost immediately in most cases.
Some may call me for that but music is meant to be listened to.

I don't tend to buy thinking one day this will be worth a lot and il cash in.

As I can't take them with me my daughter is under strict instructions she can only sell my collection after listening to every single record at the rate I buy them it will probably take her in to retirement age.

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[daytona600]

Top Three
1/ Source Analogue or Digital
2/ Mastering Engineer
3/ Pressed & Plated at premium pressing Plant

Weight is irrelevant 140/150/180/200gram, What vinyl formulae is used makes a big difference

 

[Entrigo]

I am not massively into coloured records and definitely not into splatter, zoetropic or whatever, so don't have much basis for comparison, but I keep reading how these fancy versions aren't meant to be as good - possibly because of the dyes which need to be added to the vinyl mix?

Anyway, yes, definitely a ploy to get more money out of us fools haha

 

[nopiano]

Some of the best LPs I have date from the late 1950s and 1960s. Super smooth sleeves, beautiful shine on the vinyl, smooth edges, holes the right size, and quiet surfaces even today.

I have the odd 180g and special edition from Mobile Fidelity, for example, but no modern coloured ‘vinyl’.

 

[nads]

The biggest difference is that there is no one checking the discs before they are packed.

Often they still have release agent in the groves. And I have had coloured and black that have had surface defects. Not to mention off center labels.

Picture discs tend to have had the worse sound reproduction due to the material sandwiched between two halves to give an image. Splatter and dual colour are fine and really cam about due to a shortage of the Black due to demand.