Ar ethe current LP's available for $25 or so as goos as the old ones.

It's a crap shoot as far as quality of new pressings.  I just received a brand new Paul Simon album that had a "whoosh" sound every revolution.  Looking at it up close, there were dimples/pits all over one section of the record.  I just played the RSD 2020 alternate version of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours yesterday.  Amazing!  Dead quiet, super dynamic, great soundstage, the kind of recording that makes you feel the music (emotionally, not because of the 4 subwoofers).

Expensive things are worth the money to people that buy them if they buy them.

It’s stupid to pay for anything new the prices associated with extremely rare originals.

Original records that cost $1500 are impossible to find and for this reason they are highly collectible among record collectors (not audiophiles).

All new records must be $10, even $25 is too much for a new record or reissue.

Some amazing originals from the 70’s are still under $30 and the quality is outstanding compared to modern reissues of the same albums.

If someone trying to sell you a new record for $100 it’s snake oil and rip-off.

@chakster : You are spot on! I always try to buy original pressings. The new repressings sourced from digital files are not for me! I can just listen to a CD instead and not be concerned with the surface quality! 

Lacquer-cutting on a lathe from an analog master tape is an art in itself!

If  you are purchasing new recent artist releases, you're forced to buy to buy one of those new "Oversized black CeeDee's" for whatever price they are.

Anything new is digitally recorded, so what's the point? Hear it on a nice setup, call it a day. As far as reissues, 98% are disappointing. Unless it is true unobtanium, I punt.

Thankfully, I don't listen to much past 1980, so there is UNLIMITED amount of  LP's in dusty bins for cheap. One of my neighborhood stores has a 3 for $10 section. Those  60/70's Classic Rock LP's that most have forgotten are just waiting to be played again.

Latest acquisitions- Cream-Fresh Cream-mono!, Buffalo Springfield-Again, Springsteen-Darkness(finally found a clean copy) These according to discogs are all 1st press.