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Cost of avg 7o's pre-recorded reel tape, back then ?

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nonspex

Hi, in spite of the fact that I used to buy these, can't recall what the spread on MSRP may have been.

Just looking for what it cost from the Sam Goody or whoever was selling them way back then.
Say, for a standard deutsche-gramophone classical, or a warner-elektra pop/rock title.
Seven inch reel, 3-3/4 or 7-1/2, stereo.

Anyone remember ?
And.. if you're buying that sort of thing now, used, what are they getting for them these days ?
Thanks very much.

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RE: Cost of avg 7o's pre-recorded reel tape, back then ? - Dave Pogue 04:38:33 10/06/15 (3)
Quite a lot of mine from the 1950-80s carry an MSRP of $7.95 or thereabouts. I believe the Barclay-Crockers were higher priced but can't remember the exact figures. When reel tapes started disappearing, they went for ludicrous prices. More than a few early RCA's -- 2-tracks, yet -- went for sticker prices as low as 99 cents (I've removed those stickers from mine :-)

Now that new tapes HAVE largely disappeared, you routinely see three-figure Ebay sale prices on such tapes as Brubeck's "Time Out" and Miles' "Kind of Blue," and that's for 4-track versions. I remember one TWO-Track of "Kind of Blue" going for $2,100 last year, and since the 2-track has only 3 of the original 5 tunes, that works out to $36 per MINUTE.
- RE: there used to be a shop just west of Portland, Or. that... - user510 13:46:17 10/14/15 (0)
  ...used to carry a large inventory of used commercial tapes. I spoke with an individual or two that had acquired some rather collectible 2-track tapes from them. One was the aforementioned KOB 2-track. I think the price paid was considerably less than what they go for nowadays. Something like $100. But that was before year 2000.
  
  I think it was Irvington Music. They're still open for biz but it would seem that most of the hot items are long gone.
  link: Irvington Music
  
  -Steve
- That's Nuts - kavakidd 23:22:40 10/08/15 (0)
  Just plain nuts but then, it ain't my money
  "Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
- thanks, DP. /nt - nonspex 15:49:37 10/06/15 (0)

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