@ Jah Glu
My experience with rare LPs is that if they are stinkers, then no matter how rare they are they don't get good prices.
I haven't heard this LP, but my guess is that it is a good one. I think I'll have to make do with a repress of it for now.
But of course, it was the reggae collector in me that bid 500 US for an LP I haven't even heard, not the reggae listener. Does that make me mad? Maybe so, but I'd rather collect rare reggae vinyl than toy buses (yes, I know someone who is 55 and spends all his spare cash on collecting toy buses) !
DUB LP WEBSITE UPDATE
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I've worked my way through King of Dub's site making a wish list.
I do have several of the great LPs listed there, but still, even though I have only got through the list to the 'E' s - I already have a list with about 20 LPs in it.
This is very demoralizing...
My only solace is that my copy of 'Cultural Dub' by Sylvan Morris looks in better condition than his, I don't have stickers or writing on the sleeve! OK, I admit, that's not much comfort is it
I do have several of the great LPs listed there, but still, even though I have only got through the list to the 'E' s - I already have a list with about 20 LPs in it.
This is very demoralizing...
My only solace is that my copy of 'Cultural Dub' by Sylvan Morris looks in better condition than his, I don't have stickers or writing on the sleeve! OK, I admit, that's not much comfort is it
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500 bucks, not really. 820 bucks, certainly not.
But many people have habits they can't afford!
But the exchange rate helps as the dollar is very weak against the UK pound.
Maybe I need another spell in the Robert Shoenfeld Vinyl addiction rehab clinic
But many people have habits they can't afford!
But the exchange rate helps as the dollar is very weak against the UK pound.
Maybe I need another spell in the Robert Shoenfeld Vinyl addiction rehab clinic
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Hey Leggo, don't feel bad I bid over $400 on that record too.
Although the price was so high, people must remember
FREE FOR ALL was basically the 1st Wackies LP release and it came out in 1974-75 to a pressing run of only 300 copies. You must think that if we are lucky only half of those are still around now and out of those 150 only 25-50 of them are in good condition!!! The one listed there looked like it was very nice and that is why it went for so much.
And to add to all that the LP itself is a masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although the price was so high, people must remember
FREE FOR ALL was basically the 1st Wackies LP release and it came out in 1974-75 to a pressing run of only 300 copies. You must think that if we are lucky only half of those are still around now and out of those 150 only 25-50 of them are in good condition!!! The one listed there looked like it was very nice and that is why it went for so much.
And to add to all that the LP itself is a masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Straight up. Historic record
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I must admit I have difficulty relating to someone paying that amount of money for an album, however I do have a dilemma.
I recently bought a reissue of an album I used to own in the 70s. Normally I don't have a problem with reissues, however, and here's the rub, the opening of the first track has been "fluffed" on the reissue. To someone who has never heard the original they definitely wouldn't notice it, but, annoyingly, I do and I'm not really very happy about it.
As this was the first dub album I ever bought I really would like this album. I have occasionally seen this album on eBay at what I see as a ridiculously high price.
So here is the dilemma;
Do I change my mindset, bite the bullet and pay up or do I put up with the reissue?
Amazingly, considering the amount of original vinyl I sold in the early 80s, I am still able to look at the the Dub LP website with a grin on my face. Absolutely awesome.
I recently bought a reissue of an album I used to own in the 70s. Normally I don't have a problem with reissues, however, and here's the rub, the opening of the first track has been "fluffed" on the reissue. To someone who has never heard the original they definitely wouldn't notice it, but, annoyingly, I do and I'm not really very happy about it.
As this was the first dub album I ever bought I really would like this album. I have occasionally seen this album on eBay at what I see as a ridiculously high price.
So here is the dilemma;
Do I change my mindset, bite the bullet and pay up or do I put up with the reissue?
Amazingly, considering the amount of original vinyl I sold in the early 80s, I am still able to look at the the Dub LP website with a grin on my face. Absolutely awesome.
"Now I know the truth and must reveal it unto the youth."
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Jah Glu, your stance is quite uptight. You are the kind of reggae fan that loves the music, and so am I.
In a day and age where money is EVERYTHING, some people have more, some people have less. I am currently an unemployed father who does not have ANY money to spend on reggae records, (I do not have a 9-5 job but I get paid to DJ reggae records) but the fact of the matter is, when I see a record on Ebay I want, I in turn sell records I own.......when I sell a record that I do not like to a collector for $100 I can justify turning around and spending $100 on a record I do like.
If I had a bunch of re-issues I didn't like, I would probably turn around and sell them for $15 each and buy ones I liked for $15 each. It's all relative.
Basically my point of view is this:
YOU LOVE REGGAE you probably have a big stack of cheap re-issues and a whole heap of downloaded/burned CDR's full of music.
I LOVE REGGAE MUSIC and I collect original press reggae records. I will always own these records and they will ALWAys carry some sort of value to them. Some will be worth more than what I paid and some will be worth less.
The whole matter of the fact that if I am ever low on cash, I can always sell records. The records I decide to keep will always be in my possesion and will always carry a value that I will easily be able to aquire should I decide to sell them all and burn them on CDR's. Your collection will always be worthless from a monetary perspective and you will never be able to sell or put a value to a whole heap of CDR's which in reality is just a heap of plastic and aluminum with NO historic value whatsoever.
So let's get this straight, just because 1 record sold for $800 that does not mean they all sell for that much. This is a freak record where there is probably only 20-50 copies of in the whole world. If there were only 20-50 copies of the re-issue of it, it would probably fetch $200 anyways, it is because people want the music in their collection.
Most people might only spend $50 on an original record rather than the $800 for this particular historic one. And that $50 will probably get you a killer record with tunes that will never see the light of day in a re-issue.........so if oyur not willing to buy it, you just plain and simply don't have the tunes.
Ond one last perspective......I am a reggae DJ. I have been DJing a night here in Canada called "DUB AT THE PUB" for 9 years. I get paid good money to play DUB records for people and if I didn't have Dub records, I wouldn't get paid. If you look at this from the point of view of a DJ in say London England like the 100% Dynamite nights, I was there in 2001 and the cost to get in to the bar was 8 pounds. There must have been over 1000 people there, which means they got paid at least 8000 pounds to play original nice sounding pressings all night. And that is EVERY week. People like that are willing to fork over $800 for a tune that will mash up their dancefloor for years.................have you ever seen the price of Northern Soul 7" singles on Ebay? Some sell for $5,000-$10,000. Some people would think that's crazy but the reason they are bought is because some of those DJ's are making upwards of that each night they DJ and having those tunes set them apart from the others and that is why they get paid so much.
Seen?
In a day and age where money is EVERYTHING, some people have more, some people have less. I am currently an unemployed father who does not have ANY money to spend on reggae records, (I do not have a 9-5 job but I get paid to DJ reggae records) but the fact of the matter is, when I see a record on Ebay I want, I in turn sell records I own.......when I sell a record that I do not like to a collector for $100 I can justify turning around and spending $100 on a record I do like.
If I had a bunch of re-issues I didn't like, I would probably turn around and sell them for $15 each and buy ones I liked for $15 each. It's all relative.
Basically my point of view is this:
YOU LOVE REGGAE you probably have a big stack of cheap re-issues and a whole heap of downloaded/burned CDR's full of music.
I LOVE REGGAE MUSIC and I collect original press reggae records. I will always own these records and they will ALWAys carry some sort of value to them. Some will be worth more than what I paid and some will be worth less.
The whole matter of the fact that if I am ever low on cash, I can always sell records. The records I decide to keep will always be in my possesion and will always carry a value that I will easily be able to aquire should I decide to sell them all and burn them on CDR's. Your collection will always be worthless from a monetary perspective and you will never be able to sell or put a value to a whole heap of CDR's which in reality is just a heap of plastic and aluminum with NO historic value whatsoever.
So let's get this straight, just because 1 record sold for $800 that does not mean they all sell for that much. This is a freak record where there is probably only 20-50 copies of in the whole world. If there were only 20-50 copies of the re-issue of it, it would probably fetch $200 anyways, it is because people want the music in their collection.
Most people might only spend $50 on an original record rather than the $800 for this particular historic one. And that $50 will probably get you a killer record with tunes that will never see the light of day in a re-issue.........so if oyur not willing to buy it, you just plain and simply don't have the tunes.
Ond one last perspective......I am a reggae DJ. I have been DJing a night here in Canada called "DUB AT THE PUB" for 9 years. I get paid good money to play DUB records for people and if I didn't have Dub records, I wouldn't get paid. If you look at this from the point of view of a DJ in say London England like the 100% Dynamite nights, I was there in 2001 and the cost to get in to the bar was 8 pounds. There must have been over 1000 people there, which means they got paid at least 8000 pounds to play original nice sounding pressings all night. And that is EVERY week. People like that are willing to fork over $800 for a tune that will mash up their dancefloor for years.................have you ever seen the price of Northern Soul 7" singles on Ebay? Some sell for $5,000-$10,000. Some people would think that's crazy but the reason they are bought is because some of those DJ's are making upwards of that each night they DJ and having those tunes set them apart from the others and that is why they get paid so much.
Seen?