RE: "Little Games" pricing

[mrprox@xxxxxxxxxxx (Hugh Jones)]

Somebody originally posted:

> >I recently located a copy of 'Little Games' on vinyl!  They priced it
> >at $40, record's in decent shape if the cover isn't.  Anyone know if
> >that's worth getting?? Thanks!

And then I said:

> $40 ain't bad for an original issue of this album - it is prettyrare

Next response was this:

>>Per the GOLDMINE PRICE GUIDE (5th Ed)...
>>Epic BN-26313 Yardbirds "Little Games" (stereo copy)  (VG+  $$20)  (NM $$50)
>>Epic LN-26313 Yardbirds "Little Games" (mono copy)  (VG+  $$30)  (NM  $$75)

And finally:

>Sorry to disagree... but, as described, that's GROSSLY OVERPRICED for
>a copy of "Little Games"
>Remember to say "F--- YOU" to those who overprice and overgrade
>records!


SO, I just wanted to clarify that when I said $40 wasn't a bad price for
the album, I did mean for a VG+ or mint copy. I agree that overpricing and
overgrading records is not a nice thing to do, but the Yardbirds album is
quite rare - before the CD came out it got $100 easy, even for a stereo
copy, so I can only assume that Goldmine has downgraded their values a bit
- - and rightfully so - on vintage albums that have come out on CD since
previously being unavailable for years on vinyl.

As for there being no such thing as 'mint' vinyl (someone else posted that)
- - that may be true, but technically speaking there is no such thing as a
'mint' anything unless it's absolutely brand new when you use that
standard. And finding a brand new copy of something that was manufactured
31 years ago is, uh, kinda hard.

I'm not really trying to challenge anybody here, just clarifying my own
comments, regarding the value of the album. Carry on.

- - Mr. Prox


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