Blessing and a curse…
Hardware Fetishists Scorn Software Fetishists and Vice Versa. Two sides of the same OCD coin.
The uncompromising vinyl collector wonders why the Audiophile has built a rocket fueled by coal. The uncompromising Audiophile wonders why the record collector has built a rocket out of wood. The Dual afflicted mostly go broke.
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I’ve done this in the wrong order and started off skint. It has saved me from a pile of foo filled boxes emitting Brothers in Arms over and over, and an obsessive pursuit of Delmark (for example) vinyl. My rocket is powered by serendipity, what turns up.
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People gripe about records costing £30 these days. The average price of a record in '66 was approx £1 12s 6d or approx £26 today. Records were a booming concern in '66 so economies of scale are not really comparable to contemporary micro levels.
That said the average quality of pressing (And covers, remember Clarifoil?) from the major labels in '66 was vastly higher than today. (This is my gripe)
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I remember when the cost of a record was roughly comparable to the price of a concert ticket even for major gigs
I remember the River being £4.50 in 1981 and I paid £6 a ticket at Wembley Arena.
I think I was earning about £50 maybe £60 per week then
But I remember records being expensive, so they were a considered purchase and you didn’t own that many and played them to death. Probably why I can still remember all the lyrics to every track of those early purchase.
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32/6 or £26, still a considered purchase for me. I see little point in paying a vinyl premium for digitally mastered music. It may be time to consider recorded media as different artistic decisions akin to an image being rendered as a painting, woodcut, engraving or photograph.
There is a lot more to be explored on this. In deference to the thread title, my Dad used to say “If you don’t want it, it’s not a bargain.”
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Feel similar unless it’s a modern artist and that’s the only way to have it.
The ‘artifact factor’ is a major hook in many a collectors gills. Other barbed wonders include: viewing music as art / first pressings as closer to the artist or just more ‘interesting’ due to history / pressing quality or generally desirability. Should any of these symptoms present you are already half way down a hole with no end.
Certainly agree ticket and LP prices were closer back then. Sadly record pressing quality from the majors never fully recovered from the oil crisis (1973 and again in 1979) Record Co’s noticed people would still buy LP’s (This was peek LP sales period) even if the pressings / vinyl used were poor and the covers were cheaper)
Fuck you: accountants.
My copy of “A Hard Road” arrived today and yes, warped to fuck 
Arranged a refund without having the hassle of returning it so I suppose if nothing else, that’s decent customer service from Speedy Hen.
My copy is nice and flat. £40 if anyone wants it 
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As was mine. Now spinning Air Talkie Walkie the other bargain from Amazon.
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Mine too and only £35.
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I got that one, too
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How did you manage that? They’ve asked me for a photo 
Mind you they didn’t say what of 
They asked me for photos too.
I sent them some, they set up a refund.
Not exactly rocket science.
Gotcha!
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Dynaflex! For those who miss their Rice Krispies breakfasts.
Black Acid Soul currently £16.90 at Amazon
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Ta
Neil Young / Crazy Horse - Barn.
LP currently £11.81 at Amazon.
£12.41