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Oh come on!
Records are too expensive! Come on I'd like to buy tons of CDs but I barely can buy one :(
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CD's are allright for the price, new prints of vinyls are fucking brutal
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Well, quit wasting yer time chatting in some stupid chat room and get out there and make a buck. Then you could afford an LP now and then. Sheesh...
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People who complain about the price of new vinyl and think that CDs are priced reasonably obviously have no clue about the processes and costs involved in producing either one.
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Word.
In all reality, CDs should be about half what they are. LPs, considering the process, are actually fairly reasonable. And considering the cost of a CD or LP compared to many other forms of entertainment, I think the cost is fairly reasonable. Think how many times you come back to your favorite CDs and LPs. |
Though I'm old enough to remember when LPs were only 3.98 to 4.98 in the 1960s, with double LPs sometimes around 7.98, and that was full retail--most good stores took a buck or two off that! Even through my college years in the 70s, LPs were rarely more than 7 bucks. So I do feel a little uncomfortable paying triple or even quadruple that these days for a new pressing.
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30 years' worth of inflation combined with a dwindled/niche market.
Besides, most LPs are priced fairly, and many are at break-even levels. Shit is incredibly expensive, especially the covers. Any LPs I have released have had a lot of hands-on manual effort put into the covers to save money. Printing full-bleed glossy LP sleeves costs about four times what the actual vinyl production run will cost you. I still don't know how Southern Lord is breaking even on that SunnO))) and Boris 3xLP I bought for $23.00 at retail. Bookbound, glossy pages, full color, printed innersleeves, colored vinyl (which also costs extra, and vinyl production isn't cheap in any case). A lot of the stuff I want is priced higher because of exchange rates sometimes, but that's something I have no control over. I'll pay for quality. |
most of the stuff in kill rock star's store is decently priced.
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This is all true. I've picked up terrific new presses for 10 to 14 bucks recently, like Shellac and Slint on Touch & Go. I'm not complaining. Not really.
Usually the more expensive stuff is a lot of the vintage 1960s represses on Sundazed. But it's all very nicely done, so I don't mind plunking down a little more coin. As I say, LPs definitely hold their entertainment value for the buck, at least for me. |
well polyvinyl chloride is more scarce than regular plastic, and also one of the worst types of plastics in the world in the environmental sense. The process takes a lot more too than a CD
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fecking amers you got everything cheap there. |
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If you sold a kidney, you could buy all the CDs you want. There is another way, though - *cough*Soulseek*cough* |
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There ya go! Then you can burn them to digital vinyl discs and pretend they're LP's! |
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what have you got and what would you be asking for said waits, pm me |
get a job i reckon
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