In a message dated 2/8/00 3:10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
stained@the-wire.com writes:
<<
A copy of MASK 100 has been sold on eBay for a final bid of US$360.52.
Greg >>
If we all harken back to say, 1995 or 1996,
there was considerable outcry on this list
about PJ (then of Modern Music) selling the
Black Dog's third EP for $50 and the first
two Evolution 12"s for $45 a piece. Today
if you were able to get those records at that
price it would be an absolute steal. Now
watch as I do my typical argument about
how the blame is to be placed on the labels
for not doing reissues. Heck, I'd reissue the
first three Black Dog EP's if Ken would let
me (he didn't seem too into it). In the case of,
say, Mask records, they aren't really so
valuable music-wise, they're more of a Goldmine
type thing. But in the case of all the really
classic records that are out of print and
expensive today, from Techno 1 and 2
to Mbuki Mvuki to The Equinox with "The
Climax", while they really are worth ridiculous
amounts of money (in the same sense that, say,
a Raphael or a Van Gogh if not millions of dollars), the musical
value of the releases dictates that they should
be continually available, or at least made available
again (collectors don't usually drive up the prices
of repressings). I mean, if I want to see a Raphael
I can go to the museum, or if I don't mind a reproduction
I can get an art book easily or just go to the library.
Why isn't our classic music like that?
Sigh.
Matt
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