From pj dorsey Sent Thu, Mar 26th 1998, 16:25
From pj dorsey Sent Thu, Mar 26th 1998, 16:25
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 -- pj>the exalted grand puba of mail order modern music 1018 north charles st, baltimore, md. 21201 fon: 410.625 9390 fax: 410.625 9359 http://www.modernmusic.com DO YOU GET OUR WEEKLY NEW RELEASE LIST? IF NOT, PLEASE SEND MAIL REQUESTING IT.