| Music lovers/ record collectors 22:40 - Oct 12 with 2240 views | colinallcars |
Loads of us on here.
Unlike you streamers, I buy lots of vinyl and CDs. Until recently, a 2nd hand CD would be a few of your English pounds on Amazon.
Now, sellers are often asking £400 or more.
What's happening ? |  | | |  |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 23:16 - Oct 12 with 1786 views | Ned_Kennedys |
£400??
I’m purely a vinyl purchaser but that seems a bit steep for a CD. |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 03:04 - Oct 13 with 1685 views | SydneyRs |
You what? I've got a suitcase full of CD's from the 90's in the garage. Am I sitting on a fortune? |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 05:43 - Oct 13 with 1628 views | Kiwi76 |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 03:04 - Oct 13 by SydneyRs |
You what? I've got a suitcase full of CD's from the 90's in the garage. Am I sitting on a fortune? |
Can add me to the early retirees iwith the CD collection turning to gold 😀
Think even cassette tapes making a comeback.
Do play records again but fighting any possibility of spending too much $$ on adding to my time capsule collection. Just get top couple of albums each year as Xmas gift based of Spotify recap - well that’s the proof confirming what you already know are your faves |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 06:08 - Oct 13 with 1600 views | FDC |
I do sometimes wonder whether the demise of the CD is linked in some way to the generational decline in drug taking. Quite difficult to chop out lines on an MP3 [Post edited 13 Oct 6:08]
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 09:20 - Oct 13 with 1465 views | Bluce_Ree |
I don't buy into the whole physical media thing. I had a cabinet thing that was full of all my CDs. One day I sold them all to CEX through their website (they even sent me the boxes) and ended up making a few hundred quid.
Sure, some great albums went for like 25p or whatever but f**k it, I wasn't using them so who gives a f**k?
I don't really stream (although I've got a YouTube playlist that I play on the Alexa in the kitchen when I'm cooking) but I do have an extensive, curated MP3 collection and I listen to music ALL THE TIME. |  |
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 10:14 - Oct 13 with 1401 views | nick_hammersmith |
CD's won't last for ever, especially if poorly stored.
Please be careful with digital music. Big corporations make a lot of money from micro transactions. This might mean that you pay to listen to music you already own..
--I think iTunes got into a pickle a while back when they removed personal content from users libraries.
I use Plex on a local media server to store all the music that I have ripped from my collection.
Even with this setup I still save content in a RAID and take backups, as cheaper HDD's will fail.
Vinyl is still a robust storage, and nothing beats the tactile feel of reading the record cover while you listen to some music in my opinion. |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 10:15 - Oct 13 with 1396 views | Bluce_Ree |
Yeah don't buy anything with DRM.
As with films, they've made the digital side of things a mess. You're best off just doing what I do and having a collection they can't take away from you. | |
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 10:29 - Oct 13 with 1380 views | Toast_R |
I realised not so long ago, that the PC I bought last year, no longer has a DVD drive, and most new laptops and desktops don't. So even ripping CD's now is a complete ball ache.
I can't imagine a world without streaming sadly. I know the quality is poorer but lets face it, unless you live in a detached house fairly isolated, you can't crank your music up to the volume level where its noticeable. |  | | |
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 10:39 - Oct 13 with 1359 views | RamseyR |
Big music fan. Massive collection.
All MP3s now or watched on youtube playlists. Nothing physical now.
Sold all my vinyl to Selanbys in South Harrow(?) about 30 years ago. Some of the original punk stuff is now worth a bit, but I prefer my life not being cluttered with stuff, so no real regrets.
Only ever bought about 20 CDs in my life (mortgage, kids etc took priority). They've all since gone in the bin. |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 10:44 - Oct 13 with 1335 views | brewers_hoop |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 10:39 - Oct 13 by RamseyR |
Big music fan. Massive collection.
All MP3s now or watched on youtube playlists. Nothing physical now.
Sold all my vinyl to Selanbys in South Harrow(?) about 30 years ago. Some of the original punk stuff is now worth a bit, but I prefer my life not being cluttered with stuff, so no real regrets.
Only ever bought about 20 CDs in my life (mortgage, kids etc took priority). They've all since gone in the bin. |
Aah Sellanby’s, just round the corner from where my dad lived. Happy memories of that shop - buying and selling |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 11:03 - Oct 13 with 1300 views | Silverfoxqpr |
Back to the OP, I'm intrigued, what is the CD that has an asking price of circa £400? I've got a couple of dozen worth one or two hundred but that sounds crazy.
I still buy vinyl on a regular basis, if you're a collector why wouldn't you? It's practically a licence to print money, if of course you're looking to sell at some point in the future. Pressings are more limited for a lot of the stuff I'm into, once they're sold out everywhere copies appear on Discogs at double / triple the price a few months later. |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 11:38 - Oct 13 with 1213 views | themodfather |
many releases on vinyl are limited presses, some as low as 1000 . then there are record store releases, which can have very low presses, 300?
so in time may have value to collectors, those who missed out, those wanting to complete a collection.
madness are just releasing a new compilation HIT PARADE , one vinyl version comes with a free single, i am told it is 1000 pressed and sold out, i have copped one .
ebay can have inflated prices i find discogs a better guide.
for any avid collectors who want serious rare items check out OMEGA AUCTIONS , they sell test pressings, gold/silver discs etc from the artists, labels and private sellers, oct 27 is part 2 of the john peel collection | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 12:51 - Oct 13 with 1129 views | wortonr |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 11:38 - Oct 13 by themodfather |
many releases on vinyl are limited presses, some as low as 1000 . then there are record store releases, which can have very low presses, 300?
so in time may have value to collectors, those who missed out, those wanting to complete a collection.
madness are just releasing a new compilation HIT PARADE , one vinyl version comes with a free single, i am told it is 1000 pressed and sold out, i have copped one .
ebay can have inflated prices i find discogs a better guide.
for any avid collectors who want serious rare items check out OMEGA AUCTIONS , they sell test pressings, gold/silver discs etc from the artists, labels and private sellers, oct 27 is part 2 of the john peel collection |
Ah Sellanby’s
Picked up some great stuff there. Which I’ve still got. One or two rare ones that are worth a couple of hundred now but it’s mainly about nostalgia- I still play them. Pure luck that buying second hand then meant you got earlier pressings - not that it crossed my mind then. CD’s are a strange one. If they get dumped in their millions then might be worth something? But not yet! | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 15:32 - Oct 13 with 944 views | colinallcars |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 11:03 - Oct 13 by Silverfoxqpr |
Back to the OP, I'm intrigued, what is the CD that has an asking price of circa £400? I've got a couple of dozen worth one or two hundred but that sounds crazy.
I still buy vinyl on a regular basis, if you're a collector why wouldn't you? It's practically a licence to print money, if of course you're looking to sell at some point in the future. Pressings are more limited for a lot of the stuff I'm into, once they're sold out everywhere copies appear on Discogs at double / triple the price a few months later. |
In reply, I was idly going through Youtube when a country-ish track by a bloke called Larry Jon Wilson came up. I liked it and went on Amazon to buy the album. New £406 (instalments available). Used £22.79
I randomly checked a few other names and plenty around £100 quid.
Is a rogue seller trying to queer Amazon's pitch ? | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 16:38 - Oct 13 with 871 views | Paddyhoops |
600 CDs in the attic. Must dig them out. | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 16:41 - Oct 13 with 862 views | SK_hoops |
I sold a CD for £120 and another for £50 on eBay recently, which I thought were both worth peanuts, so it can happen.
What is also possible, is that when companies who sell a high volume of stuff is getting too many orders to realistically have time to send them, they do something whete they ramp some of the prices up to an unrealistic amount, as to deter people from buying them. They did that at a book warehouse I was working in during lockdown because people were buying an insane amount of books, due to being cooped up at home. | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 16:46 - Oct 13 with 844 views | HantsR |
Golly, I wonder what my collection of CDs, cassettes and vinyl is worth? - got lots, including vinyls (I've always called them LPs) of 1960s/70s vintage. Happily I can still play them all on my stack that includes a Thorens deck that I bought in about 1971? |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 17:14 - Oct 13 with 799 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 16:41 - Oct 13 by SK_hoops |
I sold a CD for £120 and another for £50 on eBay recently, which I thought were both worth peanuts, so it can happen.
What is also possible, is that when companies who sell a high volume of stuff is getting too many orders to realistically have time to send them, they do something whete they ramp some of the prices up to an unrealistic amount, as to deter people from buying them. They did that at a book warehouse I was working in during lockdown because people were buying an insane amount of books, due to being cooped up at home. |
Most CDs are worth peanuts: loads in charity shops for next to nothing although I’ve noticed prices are slightly higher than a few years ago on Music Magpie.
Vinyl still holding its value overall but the fact that pretty much everything has been reissued over the last few years will effect the resale value of later pressings. | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 17:19 - Oct 13 with 789 views | Silverfoxqpr |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 16:46 - Oct 13 by HantsR |
Golly, I wonder what my collection of CDs, cassettes and vinyl is worth? - got lots, including vinyls (I've always called them LPs) of 1960s/70s vintage. Happily I can still play them all on my stack that includes a Thorens deck that I bought in about 1971? |
Have a look on Discogs, that'll give you the lowest possible, median and highest price per item. You can search for individual items or load your entire collection (as I have). Anyway probably a good place to start. | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 17:49 - Oct 13 with 744 views | dutch |
Like most thing in life most are worth very little and a very few are worth a fortune. I recently sold a job lot of Jazz CD's for £3 a pop but there were 900 of them, which was about right. The most I've sold a CD for is £25, whereas I have vinyl valued at £6-700 a pop. Got rid of my CD player and just kept the vinyl, even then only really jazz LP's. The most valuable aspect of my collection is the 7inch singles. Many of those worth 50-100 and I have a couple of thousand. | | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 18:54 - Oct 13 with 671 views | Juzzie |
Word on the street is that da kidz (16 and under) are getting into CD’s as they are retro, therefore trendy. Most grew up in a solely digital world so it’s a whole new experience for them.
Good for me, keeps me in a job and hopefully long enough until I retire.
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 09:02 - Oct 14 with 401 views | TheChef |
Well there's a lot to be said for physical media over digital (especially given how easily digital media can be manipulated)... |  |
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 09:11 - Oct 14 with 375 views | Phildo |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 15:32 - Oct 13 by colinallcars |
In reply, I was idly going through Youtube when a country-ish track by a bloke called Larry Jon Wilson came up. I liked it and went on Amazon to buy the album. New £406 (instalments available). Used £22.79
I randomly checked a few other names and plenty around £100 quid.
Is a rogue seller trying to queer Amazon's pitch ? |
Might not be the case here but daftly inflated prices for items on page 77 of amazon can be a bit of money laundering going on. A way of pumping cash into a trading company which can then get banked as it looks legit. |  | | |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 09:44 - Oct 14 with 311 views | HAYESBOY |
I would have to go through my vinyl collection. Most of it is 12'' soul/boogie/dance stuff from the 80'/early 90's. I have some DJ pressings that might be worth something but never thought to look them up. Combination of albums and 12'' vinyl I would estimate I've got about 350 - 400.
CD's about the same. Is there a web site whereby you can get approx valuations of vinyl records? DC's as well? |  |
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| Music lovers/ record collectors on 09:56 - Oct 14 with 284 views | nick_hammersmith |
| Music lovers/ record collectors on 09:44 - Oct 14 by HAYESBOY |
I would have to go through my vinyl collection. Most of it is 12'' soul/boogie/dance stuff from the 80'/early 90's. I have some DJ pressings that might be worth something but never thought to look them up. Combination of albums and 12'' vinyl I would estimate I've got about 350 - 400.
CD's about the same. Is there a web site whereby you can get approx valuations of vinyl records? DC's as well? |
Discogs is good.
You get three recent prices for most things, so you can work out what yours might be worth.
Even has white label stuff in there.
I've bought through there as well, but Brexit killed it a lot with higher costs to buy from the EU etc... | | | |
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