Valuable Vinyl
Times are good for vinyl...the format was all but dead until some desperate record store owners invented \u201crecord store day\u201d in 2008...since then, we\u2019ve seen double-digit increases in vinyl sales year after year after year...\nThings are so good that in several countries, the revenue brought in by selling vinyl is greater than the revenue generated by compact disc sales...we haven\u2019t seen anything like this since the late 80s...\nWhat\u2019s driving the boom?...many things, from audio quality to the ability to display the music you love in your home... \u201clook at how many linear feet my record collection takes up!...not only that, but I\u2019ve chosen a format that isn\u2019t portable and requires me to purchase special equipment to play it...that\u2019s\xa0how much I love music\u201d...\nVinyl is something you can hold in your hand...plus there\u2019s the disc itself, the artwork, the liner notes, the lyrics and all the tactile sensations that go with playing a record...\nOnce you\u2019re smitten, it\u2019s not too hard move to collecting interesting records...you hit used record stores, go to record shows, and scour sites like discogs and eBay to fill in the gaps in your vinyl library...\nAnd then there\u2019s the final leap: you become a hard-core collector and look at vinyl as an investment...you start lusting after records that are insanely rare and very valuable\u2014and very expensive...these records cost hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, and in a couple of very special cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars...\nWhat are these records?...where can you find them?...and what\u2019s it gonna cost me?...this is a tour through some very valuable vinyl...and hey: maybe one of this records is in your music library right now\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices