Vinyl is back for good and that’s exciting

I have no need to feel guilty; I would guess that 95% of the musicians represented on my ~3000 LPs are deceased, some long ago. The few that remain active are themselves dropping like flies and largely earn income from concerts, not from their old LPs. In principle, I agree with Mijostyn. The vinyl renaissance will wane as we who support it shuffle off this mortal coil. But I don’t think it will go away completely, because there is a certain mystique about vinyl and its album covers that still appeals even to the young.

You got me all wrong. I’m no LP snob. I just don’t buy records in less than mint physical condition. That means no LPs from Goodwill or yard sales have ever qualified. At CAF I bought a dozen used LPs from a trusted vendor at $10 each, all mint. And he marked them down to $5 each. But while there, I saw, for example, that complete Mosaic sets, of which I have 9 or 10 accumulated over 30 years or so, were on sale from the same vendor, for $500 each.

grislybutter, Apparently you shop at Goodwill and yard sales.  Prices on coveted work by first rank artists on original labels are pretty stable if not rising, based on my recent 3 days spent at the Capitol Audio Fest here in DC. I am referring of course to "pre-owned" LPs.  Prices on new re-issues are also not falling. Yes, junk is cheap; it always was. In fact, my experience made me take a second look at the value of my LP collection; I could not or would not afford to buy it back if I did not already own it.