One of my biggest pet peaves!! I run into that alot in used sections here in Minneapolis. Example: First OG pressing of Star Wars soundtrack in VG condition. Some bonehead slapped a sticker directly on the cover!!
They do that in Tucson too, 😂, so it is not just a Minneapolis thing. Hate when you can barely peel of the sticker or when the sticker rips some of the artwork off the album no matter how careful you are.
@@ralphbolton4865 Maybe it is because it is a irrational thought that you just accepted? "pressing vinyl" is a manufacturing process,---and the record is made by man. Really, what are you guys "thinking"?
That Stevie Wonder record may have come from a radio station, who didn't want the DJs to play the first track on the air. They'd often cover up or scratch out tracks that contain obscenities or didn't fit the station's format, and also to reduce the chance of someone borrowing the record and never bringing it back. And also, the next year whose calendar will match up with 1974 is 2030.
I love when sellers set a 20$ price tag on a record, and say its VG++ when the whole damn cover is a giant falling apart at the seams ringwear worn copy. And you're like "Are they kidding me?". Yeah, we got those here in Sweden as well.
At the record store I go to, I have seen record covers that were almost ripped apart along the edges, but at least they will not sell them for more than 4.99 US dollars.
It is really only a complaint if you are forced to buy the product, like the health care system that now resembles a nationalized system of a 3rd world nation.
Prices are nuts right now. The "vinyl revival" can't die soon enough for me. Also, I had the same KISS experience. Something happened to me between those 2 albums. Maybe it was the lack of a hit single. Great video.
I TGINK ITS WHEN THEY HAD THE I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU DICO SONG CAME OUT. I USED TO HATE KISS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND M9ST DISCO. BUT THEY DID THAT SONG. GO FIGURE....
"It's staying for 14 bucks!!" " You never see Barbara S. records!!" Hilarious quotes!!! to name a few! Thanks for making me smile today! People take records so seriously all of a sudden! They were always important to me..🎃 Firm!
Leif Garrett was bad enough, but a Stevie Wonder album with tape around the edge 🤣 ? That Emerson Lake and Palmer album from 1978, which looks like a Bee Gees cover sells for a dollar at the record store I go to, and they have at least two copies of it.
Ha! This has to be one of the most amusing and funny segments I've seen is sometime. I'm laughing myself silly. Unbelievable pricing. I appreciate you sharing these.
So true about the trickle down effect. I started buying records because you could get decent old albums for under $5. Not anymore. It’s become a rich man’s hobby💰
Your videos never fail to cheer me up, and this was one of my favorites. One technique I've noticed is putting a crappy record in a protective sleeve. It easily doubles the price.
I was in rural PA at an antique mall. ECM and Bluenotes were $2. At the mall next door, mostly OG European pressings Paul Desmond, Brubeck, Monk, Coleman, Gil Evan and a ton more all at $3 each. They were so clean I thought they were brand new. Guy who bought put his name and year bought on the back, he was stationed in Germany from 1961 to 64 and bought all these at the base store.
@@RobertFithen if you come to PA hit me up. I'll show you a spot. The owner isn't into vinyl he puts them in boxes and puts 3 bucks on them no matter what the Album is. I got some decent stuff from him.
Nothing worse when your local newspaper or news station does a report on "collectibles"and than everyone with say that Carole King Tapestry calls your record shop to let you know they will sell it to you for a 100 bucks
lol. "Antique" sellers are literally just going on discogs, seeing the highest possible price for an album, and then pricing theirs the same, not accounting for different pressings, cover variants, track variants, etc. They don't understand that records are a completely different market that they just aren't exposed to. Over in the antiques world i'm sure old=value, but that couldn't be further from the truth over in the record world.
Respect man. You’re in it for the music, I’ve always been in it for the music too. Flipping to make money has never been a thing for me. I’d rather kick back & spin the 33’s man. Great video btw, a shame I’m in the UK coz that booth sounds worth a trip.
in my area record stores are full of very expensive reissues of classic albums and they will never understand that many people have given up on the idea of selling valuable vinyl in stores because the stores either cherry pick or offer next to nothing. I chatted with one seller who said a store offered him a nickel for a stack of vinyl and he was going to put the records in a dumpster instead.
I live in Memphis and honestly this has been the case for decades. I don't understand why people would pay to have a space at an antique mall and then not lower prices if an inventory item hasn't sold for a couple months. Sheffield's (antique mall) is the only place I would even venture to go.
My hometown had an antique store and the ONLY reasonably priced record was Thick As A Brick ($5). The rest: $12 for a Cher record $45 for a Linda Ronstadt record $50 for Meet the Beatles $80 for the Hair soundtrack (I tried hard not to laugh out loud when I saw that)
Generally I’ve found antique malls overprice everything as it’s already been picked and the sellers are paying rent, but this is really bad. The condition of some of these are non sellable in my opinion. Also: Kenny G: “$40 FIRM” lmao
Kenny G is in my opinion torture i wouldn´t listen to a record with him playing not even if they pay me ,much more paying good money for a record of him, ,maybe it´s regional thing ,i just don´t get it
i used to work at a record store in south texas… a lot of those prices seemed in line with the boss’s pricing ethos 😅 every time someone who actually knew what they were talking about came in they would scoff at the prices and i would laugh with them and throw them a discount!
There's a guy in limerick ireland who has a place where everything is like this price. He has a sign outside the door that basically says "buy something or get out" so everytime I'm down there I make a point to walk about and not buy a single thing lmao
They're really wasting everyone's time with these prices and mold covered records. Two days of this, shop after shop after shop, I'm glad I got a nice video out of it that gave people a laugh. That's really all you can do... laugh.
A few years ago my wife and I bought an entire estate sale's vinyl collection so that we could weed through the two to three thousand records at our leisure, take what we wanted for our collection and sell the rest. Out of our haul there were about ten records of value, some obscure audiophile classical vinyl, some Portuguese jazz and a Blue Note album of moderate value but the rest was borderline worthless: Herb Alpert, musicals, Barbara Streisand, etc. We literally gave them all away, an entire pickup bed full of them in decent condition. Antique mall vendors are the most clueless about vinyl values - and the most hopeful that their absurd prices will resonate with local chumps. Even the most casual of collectors know better than to pay those prices, esp. with Discogs on our smart phones.
That strangley doesn't happen too often in Los Angeles but is laughable when it does. Those prices are unbelievable! It is nice to think of someone else coming to find some good deals after your turn. Whenever I (rarely) come across The Records S/T album or Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout I grab them and give them to friends who do not have them.
Quantum used to be in Bartlett where I live. It's an awesome antique store and glad to see you had a good experience. I been shopping Memphis records for almost a decade and the prices have gotten ridiculous. There used to be a few hole in the walls with better prices but they closed up during Covid.
Hi Robert - very entertaining in a tragic sort of way. Ever thought of interviewing people who are purchasing these? Love to know what they are thinking.
Just wow! Tiny little island state of Tasmania, Australia here, we have no antique malls or bizarres with the booths. The antique stores that have records at all are usually pretty bad - not close to most of what you showed. I've made good connections with a couple. One just now dabbling now in vinyl when it happens along. He's actually pricing from the online average resale and undrcutting by five or ten bucks, so for now at least I've got a fairly untapped well of saught after OG goodies. Thrift stores are getting pretty evil though. The hands down best place here is weekly auction house lots. Inspection is a must, but you can get some nuts stuff if you're persistent and take the warehouse mark up into consideration on your bids (17%).
Great video! I am just astounded by these prices. I'm no economist, but it doesn't seem consistent with the law of supply and demand - am I missing something? At any rate, a number of months ago, you posted a video in which you found several amazing 45s for between 50 cents and $2.00 - I hope you have another experience like that soon! As for me, I'm going to keep looking for that first pressing of Love Forever Changes. Be well!
Thanks for making this video. I've been looking for a good source of old vinyl in Memphis. The thrift stores out here aren't as well-stocked as they used to be.
@@rwparker1968 I remember these stupid stickers you'd put on the outer perimeter of the label side of a CD to get it to stop the "wow" and "flutter". WASTE of money, time, thought....
Great video and yes these antique people have lost their minds! There must be and Antique Monthly that had an article about fleecing record buyers! I have a place where I go and I educated her and introduced her to Discogs! Of course she had to be re-educated because she always wanted to take the median or the high price! So what I do now as they go through the collections that she has and I pull what I want and then I sit down at the front desk and go through Discogs one by one! I gave her 40% of the medium and I’m happy with that! But it looks like the people that you’re talking about and showing I have a completely lost their minds😂
Nobody buys the records though so they are not fleecing anybody . I stop by a local antique store about once a month if I happen to be walking my dog in the area , there's 3 dealers in the store and none of the records move .
Some guy at Beatlefest Chicago tried to sell a Don Henley 12” for $35 and he tried to tell me that he was giving me a deal because in New York he can get $50 for it. He told me that “i’m nice enough to give you a price on it I figured you’d buy it!” I told him $5 for it an he got real mad.
Our antique shop booths have gone the very same route. The records often look like someone played Frisbee with them in a gravel parking lot and they want a fortune for them. As soon as they heard records were popular again...
"I'll give you $100 for the half a gatefold, the copiously molded one and the rare Herb Alpert". Lol. So glad you found that Goner stall so your trip was worth it!
Whenever I come across a place like this I make it very clear to them how ridiculous it is. Either the records mean nothing to their business or there are actually poor rubes out there that pay these prices every once in a while. That Christopher Cross for $22 is just an absolute crime. My local shop can't give that album away quick enough. There's about 8 in the dollar bin right now.
@@RobertFithen I've never been to Memphis, but I've seen this mostly in places that prey on tourists. Last really bad one I saw was a bizarre shop in Smithville, NJ. It was one of those "good old days" type stores that sells unlicensed beatles and i love lucy merchandise. In stark contrast, the antique store I go to every week sells records $2.50 each no matter what, much like the good one you talked about.
@@RobertFithen This exploitation of records/vinyl prices is widespread. I was back home in Ireland 4 years ago and in Limerick city at a beat up charity shop and saw dozens of similarly beaten and battered records, inside and out, selling for 10 euros and more. We're talking Richard Clayderman/ Jim Reeves garbage here! It's a global vinyldemic folks.
There is a shop in Stoughton Massachusetts that is absolutely crammed from floor to ceiling with records, guitars, cds, and the shopkeeper tells me he has another warehouse space crammed with more merchandise than he can move. The problem is that he nitpicks and overprices every single item to the point where you can barely buy anything, so nothing in his store ever moves.
Thanks for this one, we don't see enough PSA's like this and yes, it has gotten wacky out there. A few years before lockdown I started seeing "priced" records at certain Goodwill stores, same thing...beat up, scratched to hell and often not even the correct disc. One could go to an actual record store and get those common records VG+ in a dollar bin (maybe $2 or $3 these days) and most of the "money records" you showed could be had at those prices or way less BUT they would be VG+/NM- and maybe with the correct record inside and mold free! Crazy that people don't even bother to look at the actual vinyl when pricing these.
I'm in Bucks County, Pa. where everything is way too expensive, and all the thrift stores within a 20 mile radius of me have those milk crates full of albums, in WAY better condition, and they run about a dollar a piece. I think the most I've ever seen a vinyl priced at was 15 bucks and it was an old sealed something or other. But that Village People record you showed? I've seen that for 50 cents more than once, same with Streisand albums. That place seems ridiculous, but it made for a great video, so not a total bust! lol Thanks for posting this, really fun watch
Hilarious video! We have a few great stores up here that sell VG+ vinyl for $5 ea. And even $1 bin VG+. I'm kind of shocked by some of my finds. My best to date is the original pressing of 2 lp Manassas with the poster and photo sleeves of Stills on heavy vinyl for $5 VG. Most just needs a cleaning. Here's a question for you Robert: What's up with the 1 and 3 side and the 2 and 4 side set up on the double lps? I'm still trying to figure that one out!
Just got back into collecting, and I'm floored at the pricing at the shops. I somehow picked up "Bridge of Sighs" for $3, but everything else was an embarrassment.
i have most the records you showd but allot of them i bought 4 for a dallar including alice cooper schools out love your show now you cant find or afford what the thrift shops charge
Great video! I'm late to this one, BUT - I have a story that relates to this absurdity you have so hilariously highlighted. There was a flea market at the fairgrounds in my hometown about a month ago; 1 seller had "sealed, vintage" Beatles LPs priced at $100 and up. Some of these "sealed" albums looked like they had just wrapped common kitchen cling wrap around them; others looked like they had attempted some sort of amateur shrink wrap treatment with a heat gun or something - they were shrunk too tight and were squeezing the covers out of shape. ALL of the "new" LPs had significant ring wear and noticeable damage. Hopefully no one was fooled by this rotten tactic... Some sellers (like the ones you highlighted) may be just clueless, but this was just outright fraud!
Yeah, I can believe it. When I worked at Blockbuster Video as a teenager, we had a heat gun and a roll of wrap that we would wrap pre-rented videos to sell. (We would sell them as used) So it must be somewhat easy to get the two tools necessary to shrink wrap something.
Same problem at my local antique market. Their prices are hopelessly out of touch for scratched LPs warping in the sun. I've never seen them actually sell anything when I walk past :)
As a senior citizen (70 years old) who grew up with nothing but vinyl I cannot, for the life of me, understand the lure of vinyl. Granted, the whole album cover experience was enjoyable but music is, essentially, about the sound. Every time you play a record you degrade the quality. Sorry, it's a fact. I had albums that I loved and played the hell out of them until they wore out. The black vinyl turned from black to gray. There is surface noise on a brand new album. I've heard the old "vinyl sounds warmer, therefore better" argument. I don't buy that either. I'm not even to go into the storage issue. I admit I still have my collection of vinyl but it's packed away in a crawl space that I'm too arthritic to get to. It will stay there. Oh yeah, styluses wear out too.
A local video game store started selling used vinyl. All crap condition at top prices. A Johnny Cash album I picked up was in especially bad shape. The vinyl looked like it had been dragged across a warehouse floor and the jacket was held together with brittle making tape. Asking price: $25. Unfortunately, in the last few years or so Half Price Books has also fallen into this habit.
About a year ago, in an antique shop in Christiansburg, VA, I came across a vendor with terribly overpriced LP's. There was a Beach Boys Pet Sounds that wasn't even a first pressing. The damn thing looked like it had spent its life in the bed of a dump truck. Cover was ripped, worn, missing slivers of the cover, the vinyl was scratched AF and label torn. They were asking $80 fort this gem.....wonder if it's still there?
New watcher, enjoy your content. I'm from Memphis and this is a hilarious embarrassment. Thank goodness I never go to those antique malls because those are outrageous. I've found some nice things on a couple of those buy nothing/give-away groups on Facebook and at garage sales (only a few sadly) even though everyone hosting those thinks they're a vinyl record appraiser.
unbelievable crazy.... I will say though double check George Strait prices, you might be surprised, if that record was really clean and in the shrink, $35 is about right. I've sold a lot of his records on discogs and at record store i sell at, they always sell quick and most are in the $15-$30 range, he def has a following.
Yeah, I see this from time to time here in Finland as well. Luckily, flea markets where "normal" people sell their records are still somewhat of a gold mine from time to time, but usually even amongst common people they know what the records' are worth. Still, you're definitely able to do some nice finds here. Stores however, like antique shops and used books stores... They take a premium for what is essentially crap, regular records you couldn't even give away on any given record fair.
old school original pressing records, in theory are very cool. unfortunately, so many millions of them were printed back in the 70s and nobody really took care of them, which is why they're all scratched up and worthless. as a collector myself, it's very rare to come across an original pressing of anything from that era in really good condition.
Robert, those prices are every where! Over priced for unplayable records or covers that are falling apart in your hand. I went to a record show and the grading and prices were outrageous. Watch out CD lovers the price increase is coming your way. Have a great day.
I see this in antique stores when I visit them . Over priced Vinyl that never sells that's why I gave up on Antique stores as they are "dealers" . Thrift stores and yard sales are one of the very few ways to get vinyl cheap these days . Although I'm in the trades , I always sneak in that I collect vinyl records to my customers . Sometimes they have records that they give away for free as they are clueless about the resurgence although it's only happened twice in about 20+ attempts haha .
Heck, I still buy CDs at estate sales for a dollar a piece all day long, yeah, in Memphis. If I were guessing, I'd say a lot of these vinyl dealers are buying at estate sales, because I see them there all the time. I buy books, not vinyl.
Yeah I'm getting fed up with this crap. I used to enjoy buying records. I always could find good albums for good prices. That ship has sailed. I'm glad people like records again. But we really need to stop the stupidity involved. Buying records isn't anywhere as fun as it used to be.
A lot of these people that put out crappy records at those prices think that no one makes lps anymore. They think that they have an endangered species that is quickly disappearing. So that $68.07 price you see on The Osmonds, Bert Kampefert, Ray Conniff (And The Singers) or Classical Music For People Who Hate Classical Music, are prices that make sense to them, and their Pot Of Gold visions. If you think you have a virtual goldmine you are not going to charge tin prices. The funny thing about it is you can tell these people must not read. At Barnes & Noble, bins after bins of brand new vinyl meet you, as you walk in the door and through the store. Maybe these opportunistic pricers should be told as you walk out the store "Do yourself a big favor, and go read a book."
Reminds me of how bloated the retro gaming market has become - remember going into a “retro” gaming store in a mall some years back and they had a bunch of loose NES cartridges, and they weren’t even in great shape, had peeling labels in places etc. - they wanted $50+ for common games like Contra and SMB, and $300 for an old yellowed SNES in the back. I “nope”d out of there pretty quick.
Sorry that your Alan Parsons record was defaced by the "B.T." written on the front cover. Next time I see Bernie Taupin, I'll tell him that he should have known better.
I can’t believe the prices…I could sell my regular 70’s records for big money at this place. My record store in Boston could have cared less about my old records like Jethro Tull, Canned Heat, etc
my brother passed away, He was an avid Elvis fan! had 91 Elvis Lp's all repop, went to Memphis every Elvis fest! looking through the collection he paid 27 to 40 per. album! we were able to get 150 for all. but he loved Elvis and made him happy!!!! also kept the original pressing's eventually wanting to passing them along!
Great video! Loved that you exposed those clowns!! It's everywhere!! I live in Ohio and recently talked this guy out of buying pink floyd the wall TRASHED COPY at a antique store FOR 96$ Poor guy was hell bent on getting for it .Thank God my record store I go to had a vg copy for 19.99 and he got it there .Again great video!
Insane prices, I would love to know the logic they were using. I just bought a mint first pressing of Some Girls, with the original cover, of course, for $20 in NYC.
I paid $22 for mine and it even was still in shrink wrap with the "Miss You" sticker. btw, I found out recently there are actually two original inner sleeves. One has Lucille Ball, the other has Joan Crawford.
@@RobertFithen Nice video Robert! I was lucky to get good deals on both of my copies of "Some Girls" with the Lucille Ball/Raquel Welch faces. One in shrink wrap. One is beige, the other is the bright red and green. This was a while ago. Now they go for more. One week I was in a record store and bought a shrink wrapped "Deja-Vu" for $10.00 (CSNY). Following week I went in there was one w/o shrink for $30.00. It's happening now in record stores I would frequent for over 16 years. Prices are much higher now. The quality is receding though.
Good find Ben. That's about what you would pay in a NYC record store. I went to Colony Records there years ago. Common albums were 20 bucks and up. Overpriced for Tommy James and The Shondells records which I bought for 5 bucks and under back in the mid 90s.
More than happy that I bought 90% of my library thirty years ago at average $5 a pop. Thanks for the info of "Tonight's the Night" ($5) , Goodbye Waterface side two dead wax, black and silver Reprise lable. Added bonus double fold , " Welcome on Miami Beach, Ladies and Gentlemen " insert. Also info of Aerosmith debut, knew it was an early press , just not how early👍
Same here - bought most of my modest collection between '89-'93, some mostly nm copies for as little as $0.50, most probably averaging $4. And at my age, there's not much else or more that interests me enough to spend this kind of money.
Good lord! Who’s paying those prices!? I guess I need to sell off my LP collection pronto, i could make a fortune. Mine are well kept and don’t look like they’ve been ice skated on. 😂😂😂
I've been wanting to make a similar video for a while now because I'm seeing this insanity here at many of the record stores in Brooklyn. Trashed KISS records for $15 to $20, records with mildew and water damage and parts of the cover torn off for $10 to $20. Recently I ran across a copy of Joni Mitchell's "Blue" that looked like it had been found under the wheel of a bus, faded and worn, heavy ring wear, pencil and pen marks all over her face. The price? $50!! AND the next time I was at that store it was gone, so evidently someone bought the damn thing.
@@meyerkarl5276 Unfortunately there will be people who will pay these prices, just like with Sringsteen tickets for $2K-4K. Some will pay whatever prices, money come too easy to them. Hoping there will not be many of such people.
Some of the more underrated artists are: Mountain, Utopía, Poco, The Tubes, The Stawbs, Hot Tuna, Jethro Tull, etc. Found great albums from each and luckily paid between 1 and 3 dollars for each. The albums were virtually unblemished.
Lifelong Kiss fan here and UNMASKED is absolute power pop perfection. Followed them through every line up change, every genre and that album still holds up to this day. So many great songs!
I went to an antique mall about a week ago and noticed the same thing. They had Revolver 2012 Stereo press marked as "Rare 1966 Beatles Album GREAT CONDITION" for $70
In 2012 or so, I bought a brand new copy of the White Stripes's debut album on 180G vinyl for $16 in Nashville. Six years later, I'm in Seattle and records in the worst possible condition are selling for $50 and more? Even the store's T-shirts were at least $30.
This is because someone went on Ebay saw the first price of a Very Good condition album and just slapped a price on it. It's done with everything now-Goodwill does it, collectible toy stores etc...
That ELP album cover could pass for a Bee Gees album. I think it also got a one star out of 5. I have a copy, and it is not too bad, but I paid a buck for it, and it was unopened.
@@manfredmann2766 Cool. Have you heard the extended version of Thicker than Water? It's beautiful. UA-cam: Andy Gibb. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 1977 Pop Purrfection Version
I have 3 copies of that Parsons album, bought them back in 2000 for almost nothing when records were going for pennies. Used to listen to that album since 1984 (cassette and then CD)
Having the same experience in Denver until recently. I found a booth tucked away in the corner of the antique mall near my house that has a phenomenal $1 section. John Mayall, Johnny Cash, Donovan box set, Duke Ellington box set, etc. Covers are a bit worn but vinyl in great shape. Hope nobody discovers my spot!
Good finds! I found a copy of "The Common People" and a Poppy label "the late great Townes van zandt" at an antique mall for like $10. A booth that was selling common Beatles stuff for ridicuous prices. Also Karen Dalton at another place for $3. ITs always in booths where the sellers are pricing common stuff at stupid prices. They always miss something
Let’s all move to Brooklyn and share beard oil secrets over charcuterie boards and “bespoke” bourbon. Oh shit. No room left in Brooknam? Let’s cruise our vintage cafe racers up to Newburgh. No one is from there anymore, so it’s still cheaper. Analog synths, harsh noise, hidden milltown discoveries, frowning stroller daddies, telecommute deez. Cue comet strike.
I had an education at looking at vinyl records some years back. It was always condition of the album it self and the condition of the album cover. It was the motivation behind purchasing the product or not depending on the price. Sometimes came across test pressings in VG. and exceptional condition that were purchased at a fair price and are now at a premium price for a changed market these days.
Come to Clinton Tennessee next time bro...I will buy you a cup of coffee... Those are ridiculous prices we've got some really cool antique stores in our town. Clinton Tennessee was voted in the top 10 antique stores in the country... And laughably we even have Martha Stewart stamp of approval with her favorite antique town.
Same pricing in Indiana. Applies to most comics and baseball cards. Tattered vintage comic worth a quarter must be sold for 25 dollars. I find it humorous so many sellers think a Streisand record must be worth more than a half tank of gas. In my area, Elvis, Herb Alpert, Kiss & Streisand seem to be worth a whole lot more at Flea Markets.
Great video...I still have my record collection ( about 130 or so albums) from 1970-1980 rock and roll to blues. They still have the cellophane on them , single and double albums never opened up.( If they had posters they was never pulled out still in the jacket and never opened.)I ran a $130.00 needle over the album once and recorded on cassette. Cleaned the album purchased polyurethane record sleeves put the album away. Never opened or played again ...put in storage. After watching your video. I need to find a good place to sell with out getting ripped off.any record books as a price guide can anyone recommend ....🎸
Last time I was in Memphis, the actual record stores were great. And I agree Goner is AWESOME. Antique stores and yard sales…Nuts! Everyone is trying to cash in on their “rare collectibles” (especially in tourist towns that hope to rake in some Yankee dollars)🤪
Hey guy 😃 maybe they're doing what ebay sellers do... I recently went on ebay to buy an pb copy of a book I always wanted to read... should sell for about 2 or 3 dollars. People selling the book must not have checked the completed listing to see what the book actually sells for, just what other sellers are asking so now every seller is asking $40.00 or more. Not a first edition, battered old paper back- $40.00. The sellers you encountered know nothing about records, and are probably looking on ebay to see what sellers are asking. Great vid!!!
Some of that is eBay 'recommending' to sellers what price to list... the evilBay fkers do get more fees from the sellers final value fee (being item price plus their overpriced global shttin ripoff).
A lot of people think that if they got something old, it’s automatically valuable. I see this everywhere and with everything.
everything is the last of the V8 Interceptors.
i'd be worth a million .
You mean Beatles albums won't pay for my daughters college education?
@@tonystephens6858 Maybe a Master-Class tutorial on You Tube.
I always noticed that most old records, often pre 1970, are worth very little unless it’s big name (doors, beatles, stones).
I love how these "knowledgeable vinyl record experts" place the price sticker directly on the album cover. True professionals there in Memphis.
One of my biggest pet peaves!! I run into that alot in used sections here in Minneapolis. Example: First OG pressing of Star Wars soundtrack in VG condition. Some bonehead slapped a sticker directly on the cover!!
They do that in Tucson too, 😂, so it is not just a Minneapolis thing. Hate when you can barely peel of the sticker or when the sticker rips some of the artwork off the album no matter how careful you are.
Joe biden should make it a federal offence to put stickers on records. I am currently de-stickering my whole collection. Very tiresome,but worth it.
@@manfredmann2766 Goo Gone to the rescue!
Only way to prevent losers from stealing and sleeve switching. Normal price stickers can peel off with no residue.
I was told by one vendor, "They don't make records anymore. "
😂😂😂That’s kind of true. They just press vinyl these days….
@@mike_burke true, never thought of it that way.
I make records every year.
That's a lie.
@@ralphbolton4865 Maybe it is because it is a irrational thought that you just accepted? "pressing vinyl" is a manufacturing process,---and the record is made by man.
Really, what are you guys "thinking"?
That Stevie Wonder record may have come from a radio station, who didn't want the DJs to play the first track on the air. They'd often cover up or scratch out tracks that contain obscenities or didn't fit the station's format, and also to reduce the chance of someone borrowing the record and never bringing it back. And also, the next year whose calendar will match up with 1974 is 2030.
It was usually done with a wax pencil. I worked in radio for almost 30 years, never saw anything like that Stevie Wonder album.
im pretty sure it was just a clever way of hiding the roach eggs and shit stains.
“It’s The Beatles so I KNOW its worth money” said the woman selling an unplayable Apple reissue single for $25
Before the resurgence of “vinyl”, many record stores in Houston had everything for $1🤣
1980 Led Zep 1st lp turquoise lettering paid 2 gbp. 2023 now 1500
I love when sellers set a 20$ price tag on a record, and say its VG++ when the whole damn cover is a giant falling apart at the seams ringwear worn copy. And you're like "Are they kidding me?". Yeah, we got those here in Sweden as well.
that's almost everyone on discogs
At the record store I go to, I have seen record covers that were almost ripped apart along the edges, but at least they will not sell them for more than 4.99 US dollars.
It is really only a complaint if you are forced to buy the product, like the health care system that now resembles a nationalized system of a 3rd world nation.
Prices are nuts right now. The "vinyl revival" can't die soon enough for me. Also, I had the same KISS experience. Something happened to me between those 2 albums. Maybe it was the lack of a hit single. Great video.
I can't wait for the bubble to burst, but even then, I don't know if these sellers will get the message.
I TGINK ITS WHEN THEY HAD THE I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU DICO SONG CAME OUT. I USED TO HATE KISS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND M9ST DISCO. BUT THEY DID THAT SONG. GO FIGURE....
Kiss SUX !
Vinyl is here to stay.
if you play a Kiss record backwards, you might actually hear a good song.
"It's staying for 14 bucks!!" " You never see Barbara S. records!!" Hilarious quotes!!! to name a few!
Thanks for making me smile today! People take records so seriously all of a sudden! They were always important to me..🎃 Firm!
I would not take a Barbara Streisand album if you paid me 14 bucks.
@@manfredmann2766 No harsh to Babs but I am with you!🙉
Thanks Bob for such an entertaining video. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the price tags on some of those records in altrocious conditions.
Leif Garrett was bad enough, but a Stevie Wonder album with tape around the edge 🤣 ?
That Emerson Lake and Palmer album from 1978, which looks like a Bee Gees cover sells for a dollar at the record store I go to, and they have at least two copies of it.
Ha! This has to be one of the most amusing and funny segments I've seen is sometime. I'm laughing myself silly. Unbelievable pricing. I appreciate you sharing these.
Discogs is causing some of this with their prices by last 10 sold. It basically means prices always goes up and never really level out.
There is an infamous seller in an antique mall near me. The most ridiculous was $70 for literally just the cover of Pearl Jam vitalogy
This video was hilarious! I can't believe those prices. You did get some great records for $5. Take care.
So true about the trickle down effect. I started buying records because you could get decent old albums for under $5. Not anymore. It’s become a rich man’s hobby💰
Your videos never fail to cheer me up, and this was one of my favorites. One technique I've noticed is putting a crappy record in a protective sleeve. It easily doubles the price.
Thanks! I've seen that too.
I was in rural PA at an antique mall. ECM and Bluenotes were $2. At the mall next door, mostly OG European pressings Paul Desmond, Brubeck, Monk, Coleman, Gil Evan and a ton more all at $3 each. They were so clean I thought they were brand new. Guy who bought put his name and year bought on the back, he was stationed in Germany from 1961 to 64 and bought all these at the base store.
Next stop. Pennsylvania!
@@RobertFithen if you come to PA hit me up. I'll show you a spot. The owner isn't into vinyl he puts them in boxes and puts 3 bucks on them no matter what the Album is. I got some decent stuff from him.
Nothing worse when your local newspaper or news station does a report on "collectibles"and than everyone with say that Carole King Tapestry calls your record shop to let you know they will sell it to you for a 100 bucks
lol. "Antique" sellers are literally just going on discogs, seeing the highest possible price for an album, and then pricing theirs the same, not accounting for different pressings, cover variants, track variants, etc. They don't understand that records are a completely different market that they just aren't exposed to. Over in the antiques world i'm sure old=value, but that couldn't be further from the truth over in the record world.
Respect man. You’re in it for the music, I’ve always been in it for the music too. Flipping to make money has never been a thing for me. I’d rather kick back & spin the 33’s man.
Great video btw, a shame I’m in the UK coz that booth sounds worth a trip.
“ A fool and his money,are soon parted “ has become so true the past decade and especially during and after Covid .
in my area record stores are full of very expensive reissues of classic albums and they will never understand that many people have given up on the idea of selling valuable vinyl in stores because the stores either cherry pick or offer next to nothing. I chatted with one seller who said a store offered him a nickel for a stack of vinyl and he was going to put the records in a dumpster instead.
I live in Memphis and honestly this has been the case for decades. I don't understand why people would pay to have a space at an antique mall and then not lower prices if an inventory item hasn't sold for a couple months.
Sheffield's (antique mall) is the only place I would even venture to go.
Sheffield's was good for mid century antiques, at one time. That and $0.97 guy is cracking me up.
Live here too. I agree.
Great video man and nice perspective. I always enjoy the visuals
My hometown had an antique store and the ONLY reasonably priced record was Thick As A Brick ($5). The rest:
$12 for a Cher record
$45 for a Linda Ronstadt record
$50 for Meet the Beatles
$80 for the Hair soundtrack (I tried hard not to laugh out loud when I saw that)
Big fan of the channel. I come back and watch this video often, one of funniest record collecting videos I’ve seen.
Thanks! It was about the only thing to come out of that trip.
Thanks for the laughs, those prices are crazy. Glad you found some gems.
Generally I’ve found antique malls overprice everything as it’s already been picked and the sellers are paying rent, but this is really bad. The condition of some of these are non sellable in my opinion. Also: Kenny G: “$40 FIRM” lmao
You couldn't pay some people to take some of these just because they wouldn't want the mold in their home.
Kenny G is in my opinion torture i wouldn´t listen to a record with him playing not even if they pay me ,much more paying good money for a record of him, ,maybe it´s regional thing ,i just don´t get it
@@RUfromthe40s there might be a region in the world where people pay for $40 for Kenny G vinyl in a parallel universe haha
@@vintageaudioemporiumthose are the only options , in Japan(no ofense) or in a parallel universe
It should have said "Kenny G: Soft"
i used to work at a record store in south texas… a lot of those prices seemed in line with the boss’s pricing ethos 😅 every time someone who actually knew what they were talking about came in they would scoff at the prices and i would laugh with them and throw them a discount!
There's a guy in limerick ireland who has a place where everything is like this price. He has a sign outside the door that basically says "buy something or get out" so everytime I'm down there I make a point to walk about and not buy a single thing lmao
They're really wasting everyone's time with these prices and mold covered records. Two days of this, shop after shop after shop, I'm glad I got a nice video out of it that gave people a laugh. That's really all you can do... laugh.
A few years ago my wife and I bought an entire estate sale's vinyl collection so that we could weed through the two to three thousand records at our leisure, take what we wanted for our collection and sell the rest. Out of our haul there were about ten records of value, some obscure audiophile classical vinyl, some Portuguese jazz and a Blue Note album of moderate value but the rest was borderline worthless: Herb Alpert, musicals, Barbara Streisand, etc. We literally gave them all away, an entire pickup bed full of them in decent condition.
Antique mall vendors are the most clueless about vinyl values - and the most hopeful that their absurd prices will resonate with local chumps. Even the most casual of collectors know better than to pay those prices, esp. with Discogs on our smart phones.
I got halfway through your comment, thinking this story sounds familiar, before I noticed it was you. Hi David
@@Doug928374 Hi Doug! Assuming either Renck or Waltonbaugh ...
:^)
@@nazcaplain The W one.
That strangley doesn't happen too often in Los Angeles but is laughable when it does. Those prices are unbelievable! It is nice to think of someone else coming to find some good deals after your turn. Whenever I (rarely) come across The Records S/T album or Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout I grab them and give them to friends who do not have them.
Quantum used to be in Bartlett where I live. It's an awesome antique store and glad to see you had a good experience. I been shopping Memphis records for almost a decade and the prices have gotten ridiculous. There used to be a few hole in the walls with better prices but they closed up during Covid.
“Laughably” is right! I laughed my head off at your commentary. Thanks, budd.
Hi Robert - very entertaining in a tragic sort of way. Ever thought of interviewing people who are purchasing these? Love to know what they are thinking.
I just bought four STRANGLERS albums for 2$ each at a Salvation Army
Just wow! Tiny little island state of Tasmania, Australia here, we have no antique malls or bizarres with the booths. The antique stores that have records at all are usually pretty bad - not close to most of what you showed. I've made good connections with a couple. One just now dabbling now in vinyl when it happens along. He's actually pricing from the online average resale and undrcutting by five or ten bucks, so for now at least I've got a fairly untapped well of saught after OG goodies. Thrift stores are getting pretty evil though. The hands down best place here is weekly auction house lots. Inspection is a must, but you can get some nuts stuff if you're persistent and take the warehouse mark up into consideration on your bids (17%).
Great video! I am just astounded by these prices. I'm no economist, but it doesn't seem consistent with the law of supply and demand - am I missing something? At any rate, a number of months ago, you posted a video in which you found several amazing 45s for between 50 cents and $2.00 - I hope you have another experience like that soon! As for me, I'm going to keep looking for that first pressing of Love Forever Changes. Be well!
looking for forever changes too, my cd copy has disk rot
@@sawyer3715 I hope we each find a copy, friend.
Thanks for making this video. I've been looking for a good source of old vinyl in Memphis. The thrift stores out here aren't as well-stocked as they used to be.
You don't put masking tape all around the circumference of your vinyl records? I thought everyone did that? 😳
It was a secret among audiophiles: the precursor to painting the edges of CDs with a green marker.
All it would take is someone people had blind trust in to do it, and then they would do it too.
Likely did that to use it as a frisbee so you don't cut your hand , I could see a 12 year old kid doing this .
The first track on that record must be hideous hahaha
@@rwparker1968 I remember these stupid stickers you'd put on the outer perimeter of the label side of a CD to get it to stop the "wow" and "flutter". WASTE of money, time, thought....
Great video and yes these antique people have lost their minds! There must be and Antique Monthly that had an article about fleecing record buyers! I have a place where I go and I educated her and introduced her to Discogs! Of course she had to be re-educated because she always wanted to take the median or the high price! So what I do now as they go through the collections that she has and I pull what I want and then I sit down at the front desk and go through Discogs one by one! I gave her 40% of the medium and I’m happy with that! But it looks like the people that you’re talking about and showing I have a completely lost their minds😂
Nobody buys the records though so they are not fleecing anybody . I stop by a local antique store about once a month if I happen to be walking my dog in the area , there's 3 dealers in the store and none of the records move .
Some guy at Beatlefest Chicago tried to sell a Don Henley 12” for $35 and he tried to tell me that he was giving me a deal because in New York he can get $50 for it. He told me that “i’m nice enough to give you a price on it I figured you’d buy it!” I told him $5 for it an he got real mad.
Our antique shop booths have gone the very same route. The records often look like someone played Frisbee with them in a gravel parking lot and they want a fortune for them. As soon as they heard records were popular again...
"I'll give you $100 for the half a gatefold, the copiously molded one and the rare Herb Alpert". Lol. So glad you found that Goner stall so your trip was worth it!
Whenever I come across a place like this I make it very clear to them how ridiculous it is. Either the records mean nothing to their business or there are actually poor rubes out there that pay these prices every once in a while. That Christopher Cross for $22 is just an absolute crime. My local shop can't give that album away quick enough. There's about 8 in the dollar bin right now.
But this is an entire city. I must have gone to 10 different shops with multiple booths in each one. lol
@@RobertFithen I've never been to Memphis, but I've seen this mostly in places that prey on tourists. Last really bad one I saw was a bizarre shop in Smithville, NJ. It was one of those "good old days" type stores that sells unlicensed beatles and i love lucy merchandise. In stark contrast, the antique store I go to every week sells records $2.50 each no matter what, much like the good one you talked about.
Maybe they stole them.
@@RobertFithen This exploitation of records/vinyl prices is widespread. I was back home in Ireland 4 years ago and in Limerick city at a beat up charity shop and saw dozens of similarly beaten and battered records, inside and out, selling for 10 euros and more. We're talking Richard Clayderman/ Jim Reeves garbage here! It's a global vinyldemic folks.
There is a shop in Stoughton Massachusetts that is absolutely crammed from floor to ceiling with records, guitars, cds, and the shopkeeper tells me he has another warehouse space crammed with more merchandise than he can move. The problem is that he nitpicks and overprices every single item to the point where you can barely buy anything, so nothing in his store ever moves.
really enjoyed this video, you really hit the mark, good luck on making more videos
Thanks for this one, we don't see enough PSA's like this and yes, it has gotten wacky out there. A few years before lockdown I started seeing "priced" records at certain Goodwill stores, same thing...beat up, scratched to hell and often not even the correct disc.
One could go to an actual record store and get those common records VG+ in a dollar bin (maybe $2 or $3 these days) and most of the "money records" you showed could be had at those prices or way less BUT they would be VG+/NM- and maybe with the correct record inside and mold free! Crazy that people don't even bother to look at the actual vinyl when pricing these.
I'm in Bucks County, Pa. where everything is way too expensive, and all the thrift stores within a 20 mile radius of me have those milk crates full of albums, in WAY better condition, and they run about a dollar a piece. I think the most I've ever seen a vinyl priced at was 15 bucks and it was an old sealed something or other. But that Village People record you showed? I've seen that for 50 cents more than once, same with Streisand albums. That place seems ridiculous, but it made for a great video, so not a total bust! lol Thanks for posting this, really fun watch
to be honest most self respecting vinyl collectors wouldn't touch these with a barge pole !
Yeah dude. I only approach Discogs with my pole.
😂, would they touch them with a tower crane??
Hilarious video! We have a few great stores up here that sell VG+ vinyl for $5 ea. And even $1 bin VG+. I'm kind of shocked by some of my finds. My best to date is the original pressing of 2 lp Manassas with the poster and photo sleeves of Stills on heavy vinyl for $5 VG. Most just needs a cleaning. Here's a question for you Robert: What's up with the 1 and 3 side and the 2 and 4 side set up on the double lps? I'm still trying to figure that one out!
"Auto-coupled" made for the record changers of the past where you stacked records on a long spindle to play. Stack the 2 records, then flip them over.
Just got back into collecting, and I'm floored at the pricing at the shops. I somehow picked up "Bridge of Sighs" for $3, but everything else was an embarrassment.
i have most the records you showd but allot of them i bought 4 for a dallar including alice cooper schools out love your show now you cant find or afford what the thrift shops charge
Great video! I'm late to this one, BUT - I have a story that relates to this absurdity you have so hilariously highlighted. There was a flea market at the fairgrounds in my hometown about a month ago; 1 seller had "sealed, vintage" Beatles LPs priced at $100 and up. Some of these "sealed" albums looked like they had just wrapped common kitchen cling wrap around them; others looked like they had attempted some sort of amateur shrink wrap treatment with a heat gun or something - they were shrunk too tight and were squeezing the covers out of shape. ALL of the "new" LPs had significant ring wear and noticeable damage. Hopefully no one was fooled by this rotten tactic... Some sellers (like the ones you highlighted) may be just clueless, but this was just outright fraud!
Yeah, I can believe it. When I worked at Blockbuster Video as a teenager, we had a heat gun and a roll of wrap that we would wrap pre-rented videos to sell. (We would sell them as used) So it must be somewhat easy to get the two tools necessary to shrink wrap something.
Great video!! This is insane those prices, some of them looked like they’ve been in a car accident 😳
Great video - I've been there with those over-priced "antique" malls!
Unbelievable. You called it, brother. Great Video.
Same problem at my local antique market. Their prices are hopelessly out of touch for scratched LPs warping in the sun. I've never seen them actually sell anything when I walk past :)
As a senior citizen (70 years old) who grew up with nothing but vinyl I cannot, for the life of me, understand the lure of vinyl. Granted, the whole album cover experience was enjoyable but music is, essentially, about the sound. Every time you play a record you degrade the quality. Sorry, it's a fact. I had albums that I loved and played the hell out of them until they wore out. The black vinyl turned from black to gray. There is surface noise on a brand new album. I've heard the old "vinyl sounds warmer, therefore better" argument. I don't buy that either. I'm not even to go into the storage issue. I admit I still have my collection of vinyl but it's packed away in a crawl space that I'm too arthritic to get to. It will stay there. Oh yeah, styluses wear out too.
A local video game store started selling used vinyl. All crap condition at top prices. A Johnny Cash album I picked up was in especially bad shape. The vinyl looked like it had been dragged across a warehouse floor and the jacket was held together with brittle making tape. Asking price: $25. Unfortunately, in the last few years or so Half Price Books has also fallen into this habit.
About a year ago, in an antique shop in Christiansburg, VA, I came across a vendor with terribly overpriced LP's. There was a Beach Boys Pet Sounds that wasn't even a first pressing. The damn thing looked like it had spent its life in the bed of a dump truck. Cover was ripped, worn, missing slivers of the cover, the vinyl was scratched AF and label torn. They were asking $80 fort this gem.....wonder if it's still there?
It's fun to go back to some of these places a year or so later and see the same overpriced albums still sitting there.
New watcher, enjoy your content. I'm from Memphis and this is a hilarious embarrassment. Thank goodness I never go to those antique malls because those are outrageous. I've found some nice things on a couple of those buy nothing/give-away groups on Facebook and at garage sales (only a few sadly) even though everyone hosting those thinks they're a vinyl record appraiser.
Dang, I forgot all about the Grover Sings the Blues album. It has the amazing track
"What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" I think we all know what that is.
unbelievable crazy.... I will say though double check George Strait prices, you might be surprised, if that record was really clean and in the shrink, $35 is about right. I've sold a lot of his records on discogs and at record store i sell at, they always sell quick and most are in the $15-$30 range, he def has a following.
Yeah, I see this from time to time here in Finland as well. Luckily, flea markets where "normal" people sell their records are still somewhat of a gold mine from time to time, but usually even amongst common people they know what the records' are worth. Still, you're definitely able to do some nice finds here.
Stores however, like antique shops and used books stores... They take a premium for what is essentially crap, regular records you couldn't even give away on any given record fair.
old school original pressing records, in theory are very cool. unfortunately, so many millions of them were printed back in the 70s and nobody really took care of them, which is why they're all scratched up and worthless.
as a collector myself, it's very rare to come across an original pressing of anything from that era in really good condition.
Robert, those prices are every where! Over priced for unplayable records or covers that are falling apart in your hand. I went to a record show and the grading and prices were outrageous. Watch out CD lovers the price increase is coming your way. Have a great day.
I see this in antique stores when I visit them . Over priced Vinyl that never sells that's why I gave up on Antique stores as they are "dealers" . Thrift stores and yard sales are one of the very few ways to get vinyl cheap these days .
Although I'm in the trades , I always sneak in that I collect vinyl records to my customers . Sometimes they have records that they give away for free as they are clueless about the resurgence although it's only happened twice in about 20+ attempts haha .
Heck, I still buy CDs at estate sales for a dollar a piece all day long, yeah, in Memphis.
If I were guessing, I'd say a lot of these vinyl dealers are buying at estate sales, because I see them there all the time. I buy books, not vinyl.
@@thenaturalmidsouth9536 I do the samething for CDs. They are still the best deal around at this time.
@@bigstar33thriftymusiccolle7 also my opinion
Yeah I'm getting fed up with this crap. I used to enjoy buying records. I always could find good albums for good prices. That ship has sailed. I'm glad people like records again. But we really need to stop the stupidity involved. Buying records isn't anywhere as fun as it used to be.
Hi robert. Loved the video . We have the same problem in scotland . Thrift charity shops charging more than a record store. Best regards from james.
7:25 There was one hit on that Mac Davis record called "Place Your Pretty Little Foot On My Chest Hairs".
I wonder where these people get their prices? I’d love to know if they ever move any inventory…
Finally someone here is thinking a little. You practically answered your own question. You're one step closer to seeing the light.
It is amazing how prices in some of these booths are nuts. There are a few good ones around our area. Great video!
A lot of these people that put out crappy records at those prices think that no one makes lps anymore. They think that they have an endangered species that is quickly disappearing. So that $68.07 price you see on The Osmonds, Bert Kampefert, Ray Conniff (And The Singers) or Classical Music For People Who Hate Classical Music, are prices that make sense to them, and their Pot Of Gold visions. If you think you have a virtual goldmine you are not going to charge tin prices. The funny thing about it is you can tell these people must not read. At Barnes & Noble, bins after bins of brand new vinyl meet you, as you walk in the door and through the store. Maybe these opportunistic pricers should be told as you walk out the store "Do yourself a big favor, and go read a book."
Reminds me of how bloated the retro gaming market has become - remember going into a “retro” gaming store in a mall some years back and they had a bunch of loose NES cartridges, and they weren’t even in great shape, had peeling labels in places etc. - they wanted $50+ for common games like Contra and SMB, and $300 for an old yellowed SNES in the back. I “nope”d out of there pretty quick.
Sorry that your Alan Parsons record was defaced by the "B.T." written on the front cover. Next time I see Bernie Taupin, I'll tell him that he should have known better.
I can’t believe the prices…I could sell my regular 70’s records for big money at this place. My record store in Boston could have cared less about my old records like Jethro Tull, Canned Heat, etc
my brother passed away, He was an avid Elvis fan! had 91 Elvis Lp's all repop, went to Memphis every Elvis fest! looking through the collection he paid 27 to 40 per. album! we were able to get 150 for all. but he loved Elvis and made him happy!!!! also kept the original pressing's eventually wanting to passing them along!
Great video man, you are very knowledgeable and hilarious!
Great video! Loved that you exposed those clowns!! It's everywhere!! I live in Ohio and recently talked this guy out of buying pink floyd the wall TRASHED COPY at a antique store FOR 96$ Poor guy was hell bent on getting for it .Thank God my record store I go to had a vg copy for 19.99 and he got it there .Again great video!
Insane prices, I would love to know the logic they were using. I just bought a mint first pressing of Some Girls, with the original cover, of course, for $20 in NYC.
I paid $22 for mine and it even was still in shrink wrap with the "Miss You" sticker. btw, I found out recently there are actually two original inner sleeves. One has Lucille Ball, the other has Joan Crawford.
@@RobertFithen Nice video Robert! I was lucky to get good deals on both of my copies of "Some Girls" with the Lucille Ball/Raquel Welch faces. One in shrink wrap. One is beige, the other is the bright red and green. This was a while ago. Now they go for more. One week I was in a record store and bought a shrink wrapped "Deja-Vu" for $10.00 (CSNY). Following week I went in there was one w/o shrink for $30.00. It's happening now in record stores I would frequent for over 16 years. Prices are much higher now. The quality is receding though.
Good find Ben. That's about what you would pay in a NYC record store. I went to Colony Records there years ago. Common albums were 20 bucks and up. Overpriced for Tommy James and The Shondells records which I bought for 5 bucks and under back in the mid 90s.
@@RobertFithen interesting, I did not know that. I seem to have the Lucy one.
More than happy that I bought 90% of my library thirty years ago at average $5 a pop.
Thanks for the info of "Tonight's the Night" ($5) , Goodbye Waterface side two dead wax, black and silver Reprise lable.
Added bonus double fold , " Welcome on Miami Beach, Ladies and Gentlemen " insert.
Also info of Aerosmith debut, knew it was an early press , just not how early👍
Same here - bought most of my modest collection between '89-'93, some mostly nm copies for as little as $0.50, most probably averaging $4. And at my age, there's not much else or more that interests me enough to spend this kind of money.
Same here! I bought most of them 10 or 20 years ago fo $5 or $10 a pop!
Same here.
Good lord! Who’s paying those prices!? I guess I need to sell off my LP collection pronto, i could make a fortune. Mine are well kept and don’t look like they’ve been ice skated on. 😂😂😂
I've been wanting to make a similar video for a while now because I'm seeing this insanity here at many of the record stores in Brooklyn. Trashed KISS records for $15 to $20, records with mildew and water damage and parts of the cover torn off for $10 to $20. Recently I ran across a copy of Joni Mitchell's "Blue" that looked like it had been found under the wheel of a bus, faded and worn, heavy ring wear, pencil and pen marks all over her face. The price? $50!! AND the next time I was at that store it was gone, so evidently someone bought the damn thing.
That's silly, I hope no one buys their overpriced trash and they reduce the prices.
I know, idiots need to stop paying these prices and stop the madness.
@@meyerkarl5276 Unfortunately there will be people who will pay these prices, just like with Sringsteen tickets for $2K-4K. Some will pay whatever prices, money come too easy to them. Hoping there will not be many of such people.
Some of the more underrated artists are: Mountain, Utopía, Poco, The Tubes, The Stawbs, Hot Tuna, Jethro Tull, etc.
Found great albums from each and luckily paid between 1 and 3 dollars for each. The albums were virtually unblemished.
Lifelong Kiss fan here and UNMASKED is absolute power pop perfection. Followed them through every line up change, every genre and that album still holds up to this day. So many great songs!
I liked a lot more than I expected.
KISS is 100% ASSCLOWN music......
I went to an antique mall about a week ago and noticed the same thing. They had Revolver 2012 Stereo press marked as "Rare 1966 Beatles Album GREAT CONDITION" for $70
It's everywhere now. The local Savers is 5 bucks a record now. And that's after they have a "select" customer who gets to go through everything first.
We need to bring down the bs in the used record market. Just a little. LOL!
In 2012 or so, I bought a brand new copy of the White Stripes's debut album on 180G vinyl for $16 in Nashville. Six years later, I'm in Seattle and records in the worst possible condition are selling for $50 and more? Even the store's T-shirts were at least $30.
This is because someone went on Ebay saw the first price of a Very Good condition album and just slapped a price on it. It's done with everything now-Goodwill does it, collectible toy stores etc...
Hilarious video. And I'd forgotten about that Leif Garret album cover that tries to draw the eye exclusively to his crotch. 1:20
That ELP album cover could pass for a Bee Gees album. I think it also got a one star out of 5. I have a copy, and it is not too bad, but I paid a buck for it, and it was unopened.
@@manfredmann2766 Cool. Have you heard the extended version of Thicker than Water? It's beautiful. UA-cam: Andy Gibb. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 1977 Pop Purrfection Version
I have 3 copies of that Parsons album, bought them back in 2000 for almost nothing when records were going for pennies. Used to listen to that album since 1984 (cassette and then CD)
‘Looks like a basement wall..’ hahahaha. Those prices are even more ridiculous than here in nyc.
Having the same experience in Denver until recently. I found a booth tucked away in the corner of the antique mall near my house that has a phenomenal $1 section. John Mayall, Johnny Cash, Donovan box set, Duke Ellington box set, etc. Covers are a bit worn but vinyl in great shape. Hope nobody discovers my spot!
Good finds!
I found a copy of "The Common People" and a Poppy label "the late great Townes van zandt" at an antique mall for like $10. A booth that was selling common Beatles stuff for ridicuous prices. Also Karen Dalton at another place for $3. ITs always in booths where the sellers are pricing common stuff at stupid prices. They always miss something
Let’s all move to Brooklyn and share beard oil secrets over charcuterie boards and “bespoke” bourbon. Oh shit. No room left in Brooknam? Let’s cruise our vintage cafe racers up to Newburgh. No one is from there anymore, so it’s still cheaper. Analog synths, harsh noise, hidden milltown discoveries, frowning stroller daddies, telecommute deez. Cue comet strike.
I had an education at looking at vinyl records some years back. It was always condition of the album it self and the condition of the album cover. It was the motivation behind purchasing the product or not depending on the price. Sometimes came across test pressings in VG. and exceptional condition that were purchased at a fair price and are now at a premium price for a changed market these days.
“Looks like a basement wall “ 😂 great vid
Come to Clinton Tennessee next time bro...I will buy you a cup of coffee... Those are ridiculous prices we've got some really cool antique stores in our town. Clinton Tennessee was voted in the top 10 antique stores in the country... And laughably we even have Martha Stewart stamp of approval with her favorite antique town.
Same pricing in Indiana. Applies to most comics and baseball cards. Tattered vintage comic worth a quarter must be sold for 25 dollars. I find it humorous so many sellers think a Streisand record must be worth more than a half tank of gas. In my area, Elvis, Herb Alpert, Kiss & Streisand seem to be worth a whole lot more at Flea Markets.
Great video...I still have my record collection ( about 130 or so albums) from 1970-1980 rock and roll to blues. They still have the cellophane on them , single and double albums never opened up.( If they had posters they was never pulled out still in the jacket and never opened.)I ran a $130.00 needle over the album once and recorded on cassette. Cleaned the album purchased polyurethane record sleeves put the album away. Never opened or played again ...put in storage. After watching your video. I need to find a good place to sell with out getting ripped off.any record books as a price guide can anyone recommend ....🎸
Last time I was in Memphis, the actual record stores were great. And I agree Goner is AWESOME. Antique stores and yard sales…Nuts! Everyone is trying to cash in on their “rare collectibles” (especially in tourist towns that hope to rake in some Yankee dollars)🤪
Hey guy 😃 maybe they're doing what ebay sellers do... I recently went on ebay to buy an pb copy of a book I always wanted to read... should sell for about 2 or 3 dollars. People selling the book must not have checked the completed listing to see what the book actually sells for, just what other sellers are asking so now every seller is asking $40.00 or more. Not a first edition, battered old paper back- $40.00. The sellers you encountered know nothing about records, and are probably looking on ebay to see what sellers are asking. Great vid!!!
Some of that is eBay 'recommending' to sellers what price to list... the evilBay fkers do get more fees from the sellers final value fee (being item price plus their overpriced global shttin ripoff).