'70's vinyl prices
cletusmcgee
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A question for all the old guys in the forum: how much did a new vinyl LP cost back in the 70's?
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I don't know about the 70's, but I remimber in 1981 Tom Petty "bucked" the system by forcing the record company to sell his album "Hard Promises" at the 8.98 rather than the new 9.98 price.
I heard that the band had a lawsuit with their record company over the price of their albums. What was that about and how did it turn out?
TP had a lawsuit with his former record company MCA while working on "Hard Promises". When he found out that MCA planned to jack up the price of this album to a then-unprecedented $9.98, he refused to deliever the album until they relented. At one point he even claimed he was going to title the record "$8.98". MCA gave in.
Tom Petty 1981: " I wasn't going to let it go for two reasons: one, $9.98 is just too much to pay for a record, and two, I didn't want MCA hanging a record prices rise on me." [Trouser Press, August 1981]Dodd - Battery Preamp
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Depends on where you purchased them and if they were on sale. I used to work for a store based in NJ called Two Guys. Picked up a copy of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors" with the "original" flame cover for $2.99 on sale. Still have it and it's sealed! Probably worth about $20.00 now. But average price for single LPs was 2-3 dollars with mutliple set running between 5-7 dollars (picked up "Frampton Comes Alive" for $4.99. Now 8-Tracks, that's another story (LOL).Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support
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Ahh.... The good old days....
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It also depends on if the album was bought in the early or late 70's. I Looked at my old albums that were bought in that time frame. The ones that still have prices on them range from 3 to 8 dollars. Now there were premium audiophile albums that were more expensive. They were 15 to 22 dollars. I have several by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. They were worth the extra bucks. I think I bought the Mofi albums in the late 70's but may have been in the 80's. Darn memory! I do still remember my first 8 track player though.
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I remember the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs product as being 1/2 speed masters of current LPs. Never owned one, was not as much into the "technical" aspect of the music as I was the rock 'n' roll.Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support
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vinyl no different than today... they had bargin bins,, compilataion cheep recors by like K-tel and etc... most were @ 6.99 to 8.99.. sale price were like 3.99 or 4.99.. but back in the 70's... that would be like wht cd's cost today.....
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Old guy??? Hey! I resemble that remark! LOL! Yep, I can remember buying them with a ten dollar bill and getting a lot of change back. Wish I still had all those old LP's. And all of the 8-tracks I used to have. :cool:
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In the mid to late sixties they were about $2 or $3.
The prices were usually color coded. They had a color sticker on the back and you'd look up on the chart to see the prices. $1.99
,$2.99, $3.99(double album)
I've got an unopened copy of Sgt. Pepper still in the cellophane with a green sticker - I think i paid $2.39:D
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45's $.69!
