Dude, that was in a box that I bought back in the 90's for $10 (about 15 records). Swings and misses are hilarious.

So then you go back and edit your comment to add something about purses? Strike 2.

@@RobertFithen Sure it was, hypocrite much?

You're just not very good at this. According to you I paid premium price for an upgrade album that I don't even like. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but random trolls rarely do. Strike 3.

@@RobertFithen HA, Ha, you just called me a troll for calling you out on hypocrisy. Now you say that you bought an album you don't even like. I'm not sure whether to laugh at you or just feel sorry for you. Take care of yourself. I actually thought you were funny for about a minute. Keep up the silly banter.

Still trying to catch that high of hearing their favorite album for the first time when they were teenagers. Buying issue after issue after issue.

@@RobertFithen I had Aja on 8 track. I listened to it on an Audiovox under dash player in my sister’s VW bug. I had a pair of bookshelf speakers laying face up behind the rear seat, sounded pretty darn good. Cachunked between tracks.

Fagen farts in a highly musical way. Ed Sheeran farts are lacking in musical quality.

Totally worth it! LOL.

In a house full of noise.

@@Matasky2010 As long as the hideously expensive L.P. survives...

Yes, it’s called the law of Inverse Idiocracy 😅 Thank you … good night!

it's like combining matter and antimatter, just be careful

this is happening a lot. many clients come into vinyl, get a cheapo player as a gift. end up spending 100s on records.

I have three Aja pressings. The one that sounds best was 1 dollar at Goodwill and the vinyl is flawless.

Exactly. For example, Steely Dan 70's pressing are still out there and cheap.

I know so many salesmen on YT. This video is refreshing

America is NOT the only country, ooooooh no :)

I agree man. If it’s multi disk maybe $48 but I still feel a bit foolish seeing how the cds usually sound just as good for $5 off of eBay 😂

Kiss is a horrible rock band, with mediocre talent at best. I won’t say they have no music I like, but most of it is crap. They were all about marketing their look.

yep, FOMO aplenty for sure!

FOMO… you nailed it. And the store owners and pressing companies milk that for all it’s worth.

You crack me up with the audiophile comment haha! Isn't that like a pedophile that collects bicycle pedals? I probably shouldn't be joking about something that serious but thanks for the laugh! I've always thought it was kind of a snooty sound in word myself. "Do you have any Gray Poupon for the audiophile gentleman with the $5,000 pair of headphones listening to his classical music" :-) Hopefully that Gray Poupon commercial made it around the world in the 1980s?!?

Well, the difference is more than a flute, I can tell you that. I think cartridges, and needles have come a long way, and so have speakers.

Very well said. Right on.

And your originals are actually all analog too 😂

Thanks!!

Sounds like you're one of the people who truly get the point of my video. Thanks!!

The In Groove guy is insufferable. If you really want a laugh, check out how much people are paying for records in his Whatnot auctions.

We all think of the same obnoxious know-it-all pretentious guy...

@@thierrydefrance7220 Glasses?

Yeah? Well I play all of my vinyl, new or used, on my $79.95 Crosley record player that I bought at my local Rite Aid.

Nothing wrong with that. I wish more people were as honest. I've trained as an audio engineer but I'd never say I have golden ears or even anything close. I simply do this one thing - do I like how it sounds?

@@crunchyfrog555 That is a reasonable approach 🙂

@@EmbryonicRobot Yup, it all boils down to keeping it simple and sticking to the facts.

Most "audiophile" records sound worse than originals

It's not your aging ears my friend, it's called age-related wisdom.

closer to £ 148

Hi Rob, In UK SD UHQRs are now £200 each ($241) I dropped out when the AS Jethro Tull Stand Up sells for £75 ($90)

Ever notice at concerts when everyone is sitting and then stands up for the show the space for concert goers goes up about 1/3? Just think how much more money they can make with standing room only in a theater of say 30,000 seats.

@@agomodern don't give Ticketmaster and live nation any ideas... Thank goodness for fire codes.

Seems to be working.

Not true. The 33 editions are going to be from digital files mastered by Bernie Grundman.

I'm not sure how many people got the "A.J. Scratch" reference either.

No one would admit that but I won't argue that. There's way too many KZfaq channels with any hack posing as some kind of expert. The time they spend doing it speaks for itself that there's a strong motivation far more than just "sharing" their "expertise". It's a very strange phenomenon, much like a $150 record is.

The ability to fool others...and then have the nerve to hide behind, "hey, that's just good business". And then the fools nodding their heads as if apologizing to and "for" the ones screwing them. It's the culmination of a weak, sad, and sick society. I have no faith in the new palace guards, and reminded how more screwed up everything is becoming because of them.

They're idiots in every generation, one should not make broad sweeping statements.

If you worked on 'and the horse they rode in on' thanks, one of my favorite albums of all time.

Vinyl Box sets are also redundant , most come with CD's that nobody really wants if your buying a " vinyl" box set . Also come with a book that you may look at once , a poster that you will never use and some type of " small worthless trinket thats mass produced in China . A good Vinyl box set comes with records and no fluff .

if it's genuinely rare it's somewhat justified

25 quid for an LP by Asha Puthli, on pink vinyl. :-0

$20, good for you Robert. People either have more money than they have sense or deserve, or no respect for the money they've worked hard for. A strange culture we've become.

Kind of lame to but at Wal Mart though

Why do old farts act like inflation isn't a constant force, and always needing to be taken into account when making these historical comparisons ? I agree with you, btw: used (or sealed, if you can find them) originals for me.

@@MX-S Because people like whoever or whatever you are seem to accept that concept so simplistically. Inflation increases the cost of goods, period. Since the beginning of this "inflation" we're experiencing now, has your employer compensated your wages? Things cost more, you got more money? If so good for you, you're an anomaly. When inflation is over prices are higher and you've got the same spending power before it started. There are plenty of mini-inflationary periods that often go under the radar yet creep in all over the place. Just ask anyone working minimum wage or slightly above. Even $15/hour across the board can't catch up to how far things are out of whack. Kind of like $125 one-steps and now $150 UHQR's. Sure, someone isn't forced to buy them but when enough people do it genuinely becomes one of those "constant forces" you so accidently referred to but much in reverse to the consumers advantage. It sends a shock wave downstream to all new albums and also the used market. Spending power does not keep up at all with inflation. It's just that some people make enough money to overcome the financial effects it has on the majority so they have no problem spending the higher cost, and then there's those that spend what little they have on expensive albums and the like because they can't help themselves. Such recklessness makes it hard on responsible people trying to be sensible and sets everyone on a path of sending a message it's ok to gouge us. Careful when you speak of who gets what inflation really is and who doesn't.

Yep. What we don't need is smug, self-satisfied people belittling others, claiming they're the only real deal, refusing to admit when they've been called out and only profiting because of it. I have plenty of friends on here who are audiophiles, who I refer to for advice, not these bullshit artists I was referring to in the video.

They're noticeably louder than the original MCAs, but still sound great !!

Glad to see this Trudeau dollar comparison, we all hope this incompetent liberal government gets the boot.

That album is solid.

That should say "I have no interest in them"....not interstate.

@@markkopernicky3489 He is incorrect for a different reason. A record groove is one long highway for the stylus and traverses between song states: from one, to the next .... heh.

First pressing brother. Amen.

when is that happening in victoria

People have always had the power to control almost anything they want, just not the collective desire and will to do it. It's called spending power. When we withhold they can't do this, when we show enough are fine with it because of no self-control we get $150 new releases and everything else including used prices sky rocket as well.

🤣

More like: “wow, it costs a fortune to manufacture these records”.

@@SPAZZOID100 There isn't a need for records to cost $150 each, let alone a fraction of that. Like the song goes, "Did I hear you say that there must be a catch, will you walk away from a fool and his money, sonny"

I think a lot of us (myself included) did that when CD's took over. Big regret.

That really spells it out nicely so +1

Same shoes, Like many things these days they just want the album worse than I do. At my age I know a fad when I see one. All the same reasons albums were given up before still exist.