Why Is Vinyl Expensive

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.

Why is vinyl expensive.

For one it is because americans have gotten used to cheap music. The breaking point for me was 64 98 for the new queens of the stone age album. For instance 78s in the 30 s sold for a dollar. There s only a few actually working now.

It is a niche fashionable product that people are willing to pay over the odds for. A number of reasons. It might not seem like much but in the 30 s a dollar w. Granted it was a deluxe limited edition double vinyl version of last year s villains with 14 art prints tucked.

In my opinion the correct question is why is new mainstream vinyl now so expensive. 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. Dealing with music that is not mainstream someone can easily see the difference. Vinyl lps are so expensive because shoreditch hipsters will pay 22 for them.

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