You can't blame a record dealer for accepting their money, the record is only worth that because it's a damn fine record, and it's very hard to come by.
no, it's 'worth' that much because it is rare and a lot of people are currently belle & sebastian fans, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the work. it could be a heap of shite and fans would still be prepared to pay a lot of money for it, for the rarity value, for the snob value if you will... i know of many records that are equally good, equally rare and yet 'worth' no-where near as much in monetary terms.
That doesn't make them wankers.
possibly not, but i'm not convinced i'd be respectful of someone who spent that much on a Pop record... I don't own an original of TM by the way, but i am happy with my tape and mini-disc copies. I might pay around £20 for a copy, for a copy of any record i really loved, but no more. It's just not 'worth' it over that price in my opinion... arbitrary i know, but hey...
If the band had actually got their act together and put out a reissue, even a CD only release so the LP's are still special or whatever, then the original would still be collectable, but not fetching the ridiculous prices it is.
but it would, because you never deny the collectability of the original. there will only ever be 1000, and as long as the band are popular and collectable there will be some prepared to pay that sum. It's got nothing to do with wanting the music or the songs, it's about wanting product, artefact...
it's bound to be pirated/bootlegged soon, if indeed it hasn't been already. So either way we'll all soon be able to get hold of it!
would you rather: a) get a fairly decent copy dubbed by someone cool like Andy Dean or Pam Berry for the price of a tape and postage or b) pay some dubious fucker a tenner for a dodgy CD bootleg copy down some market? anyone who answers b) can fuck right off now. keeping the faith, even though it hurts sometimes, the duke -- Tangents On-Line http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent@lineone.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------