MikeH
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The moral of the story was “buy more records”….I think…..
Definitive Audiophile pressings
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Selaws
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I have the same.I have a “price paid” column in discogs and when I set that up, looking through my old eBay confirmation emails was super depressing. Wish I had known then what I know now.
What's just as depressing is seeing the change in price for records that have not sold since I logged the average but have dropped due to the strength of the £.
Colonel4Bin
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I am a big fan of this album and a big fan of this 1980 press:
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1980 Vinyl release of "Remain In Light" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com
I do have the recent Kevin Gray cut, which sounds awesome too, which will probably be cheaper. But I always reach for the original Talking Heads stuff.
Joe Mac
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What hurts more for me is that it’s completely killed the value of US records. The likes of the audiophile ones, in particular, could be got at a more reasonable price than local by eating higher shipping. Now they’re just mental expensive!
Similar for US clubs. With the depressed euro and the addition of VAT the prices are eye watering.
Same. The OG Remain In Light just jumps out of the speakers.I am a big fan of this album and a big fan of this 1980 press:
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1980 Vinyl release of "Remain In Light" on Discogs.
I do have the recent Kevin Gray cut, which sounds awesome too, which will probably be cheaper. But I always reach for the original Talking Heads stuff.
Oldwhitelincoln11
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Just played my replacement In A Silent Way MOFI. Very minimal crackle at the end. Maybe 3 quiet pops. While I wish there were none, I will take this. It’s better than the first copy they sent me, and doesn’t have a factory scratch on it.
djdavedk
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Same pressing I have. According to my notes, 9 years ago it only cost me $3 at the local shop. Times have certainly changed!I am a big fan of this album and a big fan of this 1980 press:
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1980 Vinyl release of "Remain In Light" on Discogs.
I do have the recent Kevin Gray cut, which sounds awesome too, which will probably be cheaper. But I always reach for the original Talking Heads stuff.
Nee Lewman
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My copy was like ten about six years ago.
Colonel4Bin
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People have caught on I guess! I find them every once in a while for $10/15 or so at flea markets and such. But in good condition, they can fetch $35/40 these days.
I found mine probably 5 years ago for $5 at a neighbor’s yard sale. Brilliant album.
MikeH
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Always down to pick up a few records for ya and ship them to you next time I’m in the UK.
Joe Mac
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Thanks mate! Appreciate it!
Don’t want to take advantage and bury you under a pile of records either though
PBC does help when they do one too but with the whole exchange rate even the base cost of buying the record, before all the rest of it, has gone up massively with the exchange rate.
Turbo
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For probably that specific reason, it's actually not too bad for me to order from the UK these days and often better than from the US.
Academy
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Oh yeah, it’ll be my fault
Joe Mac
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Yeah totally. I get it’s dropped prices for you guys but it always felt before that there was a degree of price equivalence across the ocean. When I bought from over there it was about the price we pay for a record less VAT. I was buying them because they weren’t available here and often even expensive shipping would be less than the “importer margin” the likes of mad man nangle would add on.
Now they’re just really fucking expensive. €60 for a VMP, looking at approaching €100 for a 2LP normal MoFi/AP importing them myself.
Selaws
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Is that $350 written on that Herbie Hancock? Which reissue is worth anywhere near that price? Hell, a clean OG copy can be found for less than that.
Jbraswell
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LMAO
Tom Petty The Heartbreakers-Damn The Torpedoes-Preowned Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds
Acoustic Sounds Audiophile Vinyl Records
store.acousticsounds.com
AnthonyI
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Wow! What alternate universe are they working in?
Portland Sheriff
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I’m not gonna defend that price, but at least it’s the red vinyl version, limited to 500 copies, which has a high of $430 on Discogs and current low “for sale” of $679