i just wanted to add my 2 cents on this skam 01(lego feet) pricing conversation.
even though common sense says that $150- or $300- is a completely sick an
twisted amount to pay for a record, i tend to agree that given the current
climate, $300- is about the right amount.
age has nothing to do wiith how much a record is worth, nor does amount
pressed. the only thing that matters is how frequently they hit the marketplace,
and how great demand is. if you think $300- is absurd, you should see some of
the prices that older psychedelic and progressive can get! i collect that stuff
myself, and although i am perfectly content buying reissues or getting tapes,
many people need to have the genuine artefact. it is a collecting disease some
people are afflicted with. i have seen psych records go for as much as $2500-
before. i myself(in one extremely rare instance) paid $500- for a record. nurse
with wound, current 93, whitehouse, tg, coil, and many other early industrial
artists regularly have records go for up over the $300- mark. i sold the first
nurse record for $300- to then have a british dealer take the copy i sold him and
resell to japan for $550-!
get used to it, because in a few more months, the amount of people who are
interested in idm will balloon even more, and competition will get fierce.
unfortunately the road ahead might well be paved with dollar signs
it really bares thinking about why the music isnt enough and why having the
"genuine" article matters so much to people. i think that the music is all that
matters myself
pj
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