Whats Vinyl Worth Nowadays?

[sore napper]

Was wondering if vinyl is worth anything nawadays.

Oh the good old days when the red this and the yellow that was worth 200 notes. Poking around old record stores in search of that missing 7"-12".

Now its getting to the stage where you willn't beable to walk in to a store and by a CD.

Singles die this year, not that I would really buy one now anyway, perhaps in time to come, LPs will go the same way.

I mind being sick to death when I was a student and broke as they normaly are. I sold my Nirvana 12" Picture Discs to a collector for less than £30. Smells like Teen Spirt ,Come As You Are and more

I held on to whatever 7" I had as he offered something silly.

Now all vinyl is taped up in a box and never seen as I don't have the space.

So I was wondering. What is vinyl worth nowadays?

[Jumblemo]

Dont know about old vinyl, but there are still plenty of enthusiasts and dance fans buying new vinyl. The 12" single seems to be healthier now than it has been for a decade!

Digital music is definitely the way forward for the masses, but there's plenty who feel there's a quality delivered by vinyl when combined with a good deck, tubed Amp and decent speakers that cant be had from 1s & 0s.

Hold on to your old stuff, it might just be appreciated by your kids

[overkill]

Singles died this year? Singles actually made a comeback in 2005-06! Vinyl overall was the only improved sector, growing by some daft margin considering it's 'death' in the early 90's, in the music software area last year!

The Vinyl market is now healthier than it's been for over a decade. It's not just for 'dance' material either. There has been renewed interest in the mainstream as well, with heavy duty 180 & 200 gram, re-mastered vinyl re-issues gaining a good following and sparking renewed interest in general. We are finding more and more people adding a turntable to their existing kit, either for the first time, or for the first time in some while. New marques like Project and Avid have made strong inroads into the marketplace at the budget and high end respectively.

However, before you shout 'hallelujah', as Jumblemo says, this is due to a strong, and growing stronger, niche market - not mass acceptance. The masses are in fact switching to downloads, a fairly modest form of Digital replay (yes, even with 320 MP3's) and as such the musical market appears to be polarising. At one end, the audio enthusiast is getting into Vinyl, hi-res, and quality CD's, at the other, downloading and mass digital storage. The divide is along the lines of those who want convenience or high quality. Both sides have a case.

As such, I would filter out your vinyl. Ebay is a good starting point to check on prices, as are the local record shops. You tend to find stuff that sold by the lorryload, but are musically a switch off now, Status Quo etc, you can't even give away. But stuff like the Nirvana singles go for a bomb! Mobile Fidelity albums are a quick path to riches, original pressings another. Vertigo (swirl label) originals fetch silly prices, as do Island originals. Cult artists like Nick Drake are another source of good income. The retailers are offering his albums for anything up to £400.

Get hold of Record Collector, check ebay and see what's selling. Albums and artists tend to go in phases. King Crimsons 'Court of the Crimson King' for example is popular at present and is going for upwards of £35 depending on condition. Mike Oldfield by contrast is deader than Afghans!

It's a good market, as interest, believe it or not, is high at the moment.

I would agree with Jumblemo, that it might be an idea to keep them, but only if they are going to get played. Or, alternately, if you have a TT still, transfer them to digital, then sell them off. This is another option that those who cannot either afford, (or want to) replace their vinyl with digital media.

[systemsdead]

last year just before xmas i was browsing on ebay and noticed a siouxsie and the banshees single hong kong garden jap single,it went for 45 pound,i knew i had this myself so i put it up and it fetched 60 pound,so then i put up cure 12 inch a forest that made me 42 pound,so from there it was all go i started putting up all my original 76-80 punk singles in the end i made around 6 grand,i was amazed as i was going to take em all to a car boot sale and would have got not even 50 p per disc.only thing i hated was packing them and posting everyday.i still have around 500 albums left so they will be going when i m strapped for cash.

[signs]

Try PMing member VESPATS, he buys and sells vinyl (as a hobbie) does very well out of it.
he might be able to give you some tips

[KillerOfThreads]

'King Crimsons 'Court of the Crimson King' for example is popular at present and is going for upwards of £35 depending on condition.'


An album i bought after hearing endlessly at college. I only played it twice. Gatefold and in 'as new' condition.

After reading another thread last week i wondered where is the best place to find out how much some of my stuff is worth, just out of interest. I tried ebay but nothing i have was even there.

Just checked Tull's TAAB with newspaper a tenner. I would have thought a lot more and at that sort of price i would much rather keep it.

[overkill]

Originally Posted by Idoexist

Just checked Tull's TAAB with newspaper a tenner. I would have thought a lot more and at that sort of price i would much rather keep it.

This just goes to show what I mean, Idoexist. TAAB was selling for upwards of £40 in May - Aug 06, but recently it's slumped right down. That may be however, due to the amount of H/S mastered versions appearing on the US Ebay. Why buy the standard version when you can buy the re-master seems to be the thinking? I would wait until the spring and see if it picks up again.

Try record collector, it's the easiest way to see what somethings roughly worth.

As someone said recently though, an LP/CD/Hi-res whatever is only worth what people are willing to pay for it. Example? I bought the DVD-A of REM's 'Document 'on ebay for a measly £3.50. It blows away the CD version, yet no other bidders. I also picked up Roy Harpers live album for £7.00 (inc postage) in May. In February two copies of the same LP went for £19 & £26 respectively. It's all down to interest at the time.

As you can see, I spend a lot of time picking up LP's, CD's and Hi-res on Ebay..........

[KillerOfThreads]

I never even thought about looking there for DVD-A

[sore napper]

Hi everyone, thanks for all the replies, wasn't expecting one as I was thinking most people have moved on.

overkill thanks for the few pointers on what might be worth a few quid. I know that I got something on the Island Label.

The earliest would be U2, I think its
" I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" 3 track EP.

I picked The Fly 7" up. It took me about 3 months to track it down after release as I think the vinyl was only on sale for the first week of release. Also picked up afew 12" from Achtung Baby, my fav being "One"

As for Vertigo (swirl label), not sure what way to take that.

Where Metallica on that label? I know that I've got 2 7", "Unforgiven" and the other might be "Nothing Else Matters"
I know that one of those has a swirl label on one side. The kind of thing that if you watch going around would make you dizzy.

I may need to open the box, see what I have.

[sore napper]

Ha

REM DVD A

Picked 4 of those up.

Document
Green
Out of time
Monster

I'm assuming that DVD A is the releases with 5.1 and DTS Soundtracks.

[fasterthanjesus]

vinyl is still the best way to listen to music, its just so much "richer".

i bought my turntables within the last 4 years, and its my prefered option when listening to music - but the ipod is slightly more practical when on the move!

[overkill]

Originally Posted by sore napper

Ha

REM DVD A

Picked 4 of those up.

Document
Green
Out of time
Monster

I'm assuming that DVD A is the releases with 5.1 and DTS Soundtracks.

Yes. I Orginally went for 'Automatic for the People' on DVD-A as the CD is hideous. Document was just as bad. Hence both got the bullet. Green and Out of time I have on Vinyl so they won't be replaced.

I never use the 5.1 or DTS soundtracks. I gave up on those a while back. People raved about the 'great detail' and 'placement' but all I found was a gimmicky presention. DTS is fine for movie soundtracks, but naff for music. I buy DVD-A for the high res stereo.

Agreed fasterthanjesus. Not sure about 'richer' but I get the drift. I find it more musically accurate pure and simple.

[moby125]

Anyone interested go to this website

http://eil.com/

Some interesting rarities!

[sore napper]

Originally Posted by moby125

Anyone interested go to this website

http://eil.com/

Some interesting rarities!

Ran a search on a few on my 7"'s and come up N/A

£9.99 The Fly

£12.99 One

In God's Country N/A UK The other 2 are £20/ £25

U2 Even better Than The Real Thing 12" £35.99 Sell Sell Sell

I'll have to run through that site later again

[overkill]

Originally Posted by moby125

Anyone interested go to this website

http://eil.com/

Some interesting rarities!

I just saw something on there that made me feel quite sick............

Beatles, 'Please, please me' Black and Gold label - £5000! *Sobs*

Here's the little story about that................ My mother had that album from new, but she never really liked it that much despite being into the Beatles at the time. Hence, by the 80's it was still practically mint. I was in Beano's Croyden chatting to one of the guys there, and I mentioned she had a copy of it and what was it worth? At that time it was around £500-750. That night I popped around to see her and check if she still had it. That very day, I kid you not, she had binned it! So, you can imagine my comments! Funny thing was, she wasn't that worried tbh. It was me who was gnashing and wailing..........

Mind you, she might be if I tell her it's now worth five grand!