Why Vinyl Records Are Expensive

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Why vinyl records are expensive.

As a general rule the rarer the record more valuable it is you may have some treasure buried in your garage. Vinyl records have become a fan favorite as well as a significant income stream for many artists. But vinyl records are expensive and can take many weeks to produce. For example a perfect circle s upcoming album eat the elephant on cd will cost 11 99.

There are many valuable vinyl records out there including perhaps the most expensive motown northern soul 7 inch ever do i love you indeed i do recorded by frank wilson in 1965 and which sold for over 25 000 31 000 at auction in 2009. Which are the most expensive vinyl records ever sold. Looking through prices of vinyl records on amazon you ll find similar price increases. Brought back from the verge of extinction vinyl record sales are booming due to a renewed interest among younger generations.

As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. If you know anything about vinyl records then you ll appreciate why they can sell for a lot of moola. You ll find everything from signed beatles records worth close to 300 000. I suspect that vinyl is so expensive because they are being marketed as a premium product to older record buyers ie people in their mid thirties and older with good disposable incomes who are.

Johson released five albums with the paramount label and all are considered collector items. He probably could never imagine it would become one of the most expensive vinyl records ever sold. So if you have a copy at. If you have old records that are sitting around.

Next time you go crate diggin keep a keen eye out for any of these records. Signed limited edition records like the ones on this list are like gold dust to collectors. The 78rpm record was sold on ebay for 37 100 in 2013. It was wilson s only single and the majority of demo copies were destroyed which is why it s so collectible.

Expensive taste just took on a whole new meaning.