Re: Prices of recordings over time


John_Hauser19@xxxxxxx wrote:
You all should have been in NYC. Years ago I bought all my Mercury
stereos and monos cut out for $1.49 a disk. At Sam Goody's you could
buy RCA living stereos for $2.49 a disk. Maybe this is a reason I
despise cds so much (just think they could have put music on both sides
of a cd years ago! what a scam; better sound; phooey!). Goody's record
warehouse would have tons of imported Supraphons for 99 cents a disk;
the domestic Artias also ranged from 99 cents to 1.49 a disk. MK
imports 99 cents apiece. Years ago the entire domestic Decca line was
cut out at 69 cents a disk (bought the first Kempf Beethoven cycle this
way for under 10 dollars (and realized over time that Kempff is quite a
bore). Tower records (of course from California) is awful - terrible
pricing. When they came to New York it was the sure sign that
classical music was finished. When in NY go to J & R at all costs.
Let's not talk commercial open reel - when they were discontinued they
flooded the market at 2.49 a pop (I have a set of Beatles commercial
tapes better sound than any cd release for under $25 (about 10 tapes).
Tons of operas at 1.99 to 2.49 per open reel. Stores in NY featured
many RCA and Columbia mono cut-outs for 99 cents apiece. Factory
sealed. Hauser

Actually, I was talking about NYC--at least that one three-disc set was
purchased there. The early digitalized lps were not cheap initially,
not even in NY.

Despite what you say, Tower was actually one of the few widespread
distributors of cutouts, and hence good deals, in places like D.C., not
just NY. I bought some great lps at 1 to 3 dollars there in the 1980s.

--Jeff

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