I feel cheated. New LPs at my local dig average about $75, some closer to $100. I got out, then back into vinyl a few years ago. When I moved to my new home, I gave up on vinyl due to the price.
Prices of Records/Vinyl in 2025
Is it me or have prices of vinyl recently surged to an average of $35 or more ? Just a couple of months ago the average seemed to be around $30. I bought around 30 records to play on my exorbitantly expensive turntable and its multi thousand dollar cartridge, its hundred of dollars of cables, the $1000 phono preamp etc and immediately had 7k invested before buying any records. After buying 50 albums or so and finding about half to be shitty recordings I had $1500 invested in realistically 25 playable, great quality recordings. I just went back online to look for a few more and I'm certain prices have jumped from $30 average to close to $40. WTF ??? More gouging I assume. Is this industry truly sustainable when people are expected to have close to 10k invested to play some records? Insane. I protest, with my wallet. Let's see, hmmm....stream a million tracks for $20 a month with perfect sound, no cleaning, snaps, pop or crackle and hiss and- jump tracks and artists the second I don't like what I hear- or- invest $40 in a crappy recording on vinyl, suffer through it or toss it in the trash because the recording or the music suck. I could literally light two $20 bills on fire instead of bothering to gamble on ordering a record online.
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@dseltz Discogs is your friend. The iPhone app allows you to know exactly what you have and more importantly, you can search what you are looking at in store and compare prices. I also use the Vinyl box app and you can scan barcodes etc so you can understand. Perhaps you were looking at 180g, 45rpm editions or other special pressings? |
@dseltz - obviously you are on the internet so you can shop on line. I buy almost no new records in person. Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct, eBay (sometimes), Amazon and Discogs are probably my top 5. Sometimes Acoustic Sounds is the only place you can get their records when they first are released, and Music Direct will get you an earlier pressing of a new release of their Mofi One Steps and 45s. I don't get too many regular speed Motifs anymore. It seems they don't make too many of them. I do pop into a local store every now and then, and I find them overpriced typically. I sell them my copies of records that I've upgraded from. If it's a particularly valuable one, I'll sell it on eBay or Discogs. |
I was at one of the larger vinyl stores in St. Louis the other day perusing their collection of Julie London and EWF. What made me leave empty-handed was how much they were charging for used vinyl of dubious quality. A copy of London's Around Midnight with visible scuffs and scratches everywhere on the platter was marked $21. Similarly, a neglected and abused copy of EWF's That's the Way of the World ran $19. I'm pretty anal and fastidious about my vinyl, but these were pretty beat up copies. It just doesn't make financial sense. |
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