Why Vinyl Records Are So Expensive

For one it is because americans have gotten used to cheap music.

Why vinyl records are so expensive.

I aged carried on listening to tunes i grew up. Not to mention overpriced. That had got records to the best sound they ever had. Zachary july 27 2019.

Production costs have gone up because vinyl releases in general are pressed in smaller quantities. They would operate 24 hours a day if vinyl press operators a dying breed until just recently weren t so hard to find. I try to make 10 on new stuff says trevor larocque co owner of the tiny record shop a vinyl only store specializing in rare vintage records that also stocks the latest. It was wilson s only single and the majority of demo copies were destroyed which is why it s so collectible.

I ve come to notice that 180 pressing is just a waste of vinyl. 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. 4 years of struggling with vinyl has left a bad taste in my mouth. But vinyl records are expensive and can take many weeks to produce.

I think that there are a couple of reasons why vinyl is so expensive today. A non mainstream release is hardly pressed in 1 000 copies these days more like 300. So world record store day is here once again. So if it costs me 19.

Vinyl records have become a fan favorite as well as a significant income stream for many artists. So every 4th or 5th record i buy is poorly pressed or cut too hot. For instance 78s in the 30 s sold for a dollar. A part from very occasional second hand purchases i didn t buy vinyl between the years 1990 2014.

Listening to cd s again and its pleasurable unlike being pissed at records all the time. I suspect that vinyl is so expensive because they are being marketed as a premium product to older record buyers ie people in their mid thirties and older with good disposable incomes who are.