Jeez
Never mind the price of vinyl . Bruce Springsteen seats $4-5K , come on Bruce "fuckin" Springsteen , one of the most over-rated , dickheads , for want of a better word , thinks he's worth $4-5k a seat to watch live. Dream on.
Back to the price of vinyl.
I was in Edinburgh on 2nd Jan and nipped into a record shop and bought 6 albums and the total cost was rounded down , by the guy in the shop , to £205 , Double albums nowadays are pushing the £40 mark and some greedy retailers , including Amazon , see fit to bump up the prices on Ltd or special editions , including represses of albums by artists that THEY know are gonna sell regardless of price.
I'm like MVJ , I have a collection around 3000 strong on vinyl and I couldn't possibly expect to be alive
after listening to them all back to back , well I would still be alive but you get the point , I like buying vinyl , especially from the small independant store in Edinburgh I use all the time. I'm also one of them that regardless of the quality of the pressing , I just keep the Lp and get on with it. This is something I will change and I'll also look at discogs and try and find out the quality of the pressing and mastering , I ain't gonna buy any old shit , I want a perfect pressing with a band and sound engineer that work hard to ensure a high quality mixing/mastering of the sound. I know it's not the artists fault for the price increase , it's the Record companies , but I reckon THEY don't wanna be selling physical music anymore , when they can sell a digital copy to the "stream" providers , something else I don't use.
chz
