State of Record Collecting 2015
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Hmm lately ive been tempted, as a long time collector, to pick up the pace in regards to collecting new (hip hop) releases on limited vinyl runs. Quite a few of these releases increase in value a while after the drop. There's a whole slew of little labels catering to heads still looking for vinyl from current artists. Slice of spice, mello music, chopped herring, etc. And not just hiphop, electronica labels such as ghostly too.
Some examples:
http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Bronson+lecter&isNewKw=1&_pgn=1&epp=24&itemId;=&mfs=GOCLK&acimp=0&sqp=bronson+lecter&_trksid=p2056116.m2428.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xbronson+lecter
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=369521&ev=mb&format=Vinyl
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2967211?ev=rb
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1995326?ev=rb
This waxpo release I picked up on a whim, 1000 copies pressed, hard to grip now apparently:
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2550868?ev=rb
Some examples:
http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Bronson+lecter&isNewKw=1&_pgn=1&epp=24&itemId;=&mfs=GOCLK&acimp=0&sqp=bronson+lecter&_trksid=p2056116.m2428.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xbronson+lecter
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=369521&ev=mb&format=Vinyl
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2967211?ev=rb
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/1995326?ev=rb
This waxpo release I picked up on a whim, 1000 copies pressed, hard to grip now apparently:
http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2550868?ev=rb
parallax said:I'm part of a local facebook vinyl collecting group
my local facebook vinyl collecting group is straight up comedy gold.
a month or so ago, a dude posted about Dave Matthews - "Before These Crowded Streets" on vinyl, trying to sell a vg- copy for $180. he literally pitched it as buying a "good investment". i checked popsike out of curiosity & sure enough: people are buying this crap for $300+!
my local facebook vinyl collecting group is straight up comedy gold.
a month or so ago, a dude posted about Dave Matthews - "Before These Crowded Streets" on vinyl, trying to sell a vg- copy for $180. he literally pitched it as buying a "good investment". i checked popsike out of curiosity & sure enough: people are buying this crap for $300+!
LaserWolf said:There is a guy in Portland, a some time soulstrut poster, who places those I Buy Records signs around town.
No offense to that poster personally, but people who post those signs, be they for records, weight loss, home sales or whatever, are just the worst.
No offense to that poster personally, but people who post those signs, be they for records, weight loss, home sales or whatever, are just the worst.
Just discovered that I need to throw my Killer Mike Rap Music Lp and Run the Jewels Lp on ebay stat.
Just did my annual winter/spring purge and took a couple of crates of $5-$10 VG+ records up to my local spot to sell.
Over the past few years they usually take anywhere from 50% - 75% of what i bring in.
Yesterday, they took pretty much 95% off it and they were paying very well to boot.
Over the past few years they usually take anywhere from 50% - 75% of what i bring in.
Yesterday, they took pretty much 95% off it and they were paying very well to boot.
RAJ said:
I've noticed people paying INSANE prices for clean common rock records... What used to be dollar bin fodder is $15-$25. Fuck... people paying $40 for Buckingham Nicks.
Buckingham Nicks hasn't been reissued and isn't necessarily an easy pull. That makes it $40+ easy right?
I've noticed people paying INSANE prices for clean common rock records... What used to be dollar bin fodder is $15-$25. Fuck... people paying $40 for Buckingham Nicks.
Buckingham Nicks hasn't been reissued and isn't necessarily an easy pull. That makes it $40+ easy right?
I brought a few records to a White Elephant xmas party last year and it was easily the most fought-after gift (Rumours / Prince / T-Rex trifecta-related). Couldn't help myself but chuckle at the scenario in front of me that just a few years ago would have been straight 
.
WRT the title of this thread, I think that we can hardly call the act of overpaying for a VG+ copy of Rumours "Collecting" per se. It will be interesting to see how the market on this stuff pans out over the next couple of years, and not just in terms of the longevity of overpriced 180 gram reissues. Are people buying established "classics" outside of their main genres, just to say they have a well-rounded collection?
.WRT the title of this thread, I think that we can hardly call the act of overpaying for a VG+ copy of Rumours "Collecting" per se. It will be interesting to see how the market on this stuff pans out over the next couple of years, and not just in terms of the longevity of overpriced 180 gram reissues. Are people buying established "classics" outside of their main genres, just to say they have a well-rounded collection?
billbradley said:RAJ said:
I've noticed people paying INSANE prices for clean common rock records... What used to be dollar bin fodder is $15-$25. Fuck... people paying $40 for Buckingham Nicks.
Buckingham Nicks hasn't been reissued and isn't necessarily an easy pull. That makes it $40+ easy right?
It was selling for that much 15 years ago.
I've noticed people paying INSANE prices for clean common rock records... What used to be dollar bin fodder is $15-$25. Fuck... people paying $40 for Buckingham Nicks.
Buckingham Nicks hasn't been reissued and isn't necessarily an easy pull. That makes it $40+ easy right?
It was selling for that much 15 years ago.
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