Why Is Vinyl Expensive

I think that there are a couple of reasons why vinyl is so expensive today.

Why is vinyl expensive.

In my opinion the correct question is why is new mainstream vinyl now so expensive. And so will the people who think they are getting a much better aural experience. Vinyl doesn t really sell that much it was pretty much killed off years ago so most pressing plants were shut down and demand isn t that big to warrant spending huge sums to make new factories. For one it is because americans have gotten used to cheap music.

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. There s also a shortage of lacquers required to create masters for pressing made worse by a fire in one of the few factories that made. Granted it was a deluxe limited edition double vinyl version of last year s villains with 14 art prints tucked. The breaking point for me was 64 98 for the new queens of the stone age album.

It might not seem like much but in the 30 s a dollar w. In diy punk for example the music i m involved and not only as a listener currently 12 14 euros for a new lp release is the norm. A number of reasons. For instance 78s in the 30 s sold for a dollar.

It was wilson s only single and the majority of demo copies were destroyed which is why it s so collectible. There s only a few actually working now.