On one LP?
Oops, oh no I should have read the first post properly!! no, its on my total collection, sorry peeps!
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The most expensive release on my want list is the Grateful Dead Cornell 5xLP which is about £100
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There was an article in the Guardian the other day, saying that many young people are fed up with vinyl prices and are going back or starting to buy CD’s. I saw a record label was releasing LP’s with some alleged audio special sauce and were charging €100. This is insane pricing in my opinion. Technically the CD is a better signal carrier and I never pay more than €20 for a CD, sometimes less.
My local record shop is starting to sell second hand CD’s. at €6-10 a pop, I can afford to experiment and buy stuff on a chance. I have discovered some great music, I di not consider before.
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£110 for a pink label VdGG Pawn Hearts with lyric sheet.
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Spent £70 on importing this from Germany only to find it was massively warped
fortunately got a full refund but really struggling to find a decent copy
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Maybe too much, maybe not enough.
I am selective in buying only music that I really want, if I’m unsure I stream it. I have a handful of ‘One Step or equivalent’ editions and have spent a good few quid on a small number of box-sets but it has to be on an artist that I really really like.
My collection has a good mix of music and there is a enough vinyl to keep my LP12 spinning for many a year so future purchases will be very very selective.
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Back at slagging off vinyl again I see.
The people who love vinyl will never agree so why not just give it a rest and just stay away from vinyl posts?
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I do prefer vinyl but when you can get maybe 3 CD’s for the same price as one album then it becomes a bit of a dilemma.
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I agree, vinyl is expensive (sometimes stupidly so) therefore I’ll stream a title several times before purchasing new vinyl. If I can avoid dud buys I can justify the extra outlay on the titles I want.
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Collecting is a very specific thing. Most vinyl is mass produced and rather worthless, a good rip and DAC deliver sound close to the best analogue sources. But if you want that rare pressing, early release or whatever is your thing price is a secondary issue. I have about 2500 LPs that get played rarely despite a top end LP12. Should I sell them to somebody who cares more?
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Cough
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I replied that people were growing tired of paying ever increasing sums for vinyl and were returning/going to the better value CD format.
My point is that with the prices that are sometimes being charged buying a vinyl copy of a record, it is a rip off.
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Vinyl is my preferred format and I agree prices are sometimes silly. I would also agree that CD is more often than not better value for money.
What I cannot agree with is the “CD is a better signal carrier” stuff you keep spouting on about. Constantly bashing a format because you prefer something else is tiresome.
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The most I have paid, recently, is… £10-00.
Both were used LP’s on Discogs.
Would have been much cheaper to have bought them when they were new…
Which I could have done… 
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I don’t know why people bother with these vinyl threads they always attract the same boring for and against posts that rarely have anything to do with the OP.
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I don’t think I’ve paid more than $80 for one record, and those were all out of print things. Based on discogs prices, I’ve done well on my purchases, though I realize it would be a lot of work to actually get that.
Have paid up to £80. But only where it’s a birthday money / pressie type purchase.
As per others, generally only buy if the album is “essential” (to me). An album where I like less than 8 out of the 10 tracks is very unlikely to be bought on vinyl.