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In Reply to: RE: Discontinued CDs - What's Going On Here? posted by Audiophile10000 on November 05, 2009 at 12:40:46
Not sure whose prices you're talking about, but I know that virtually every CD that's OOP has some amazon seller trying to get an outrageous price for it. I assume they're just hoping that somebody out there will just to have to have the disc and will pay $60 or whatever on an impulse buy. But whether or not anyone will actually pay that price is another question.
Personally, I can never understand paying collector's prices for CDs. Once something's been digitized, you can pretty much take it for granted that it's going to be issued and reissued and re-reissued. (Not to mention you can probably download it for free somewhere.)
Actually, some people do pay exorbitant sums for certain OOP CD's, both on Amazon and on eBay. I know, because I've sold a few of them myself. It helps me pay for new CD's...
I was looking for an EMI reissue of the Boult Holst 1966 Planets. Midpriced CD; new, it'd be about 9.95. EMI's discontinued it; the only place to find it is Amazon, which has sellers asking some $50 for it.
Same thing for the Haitink and Chailly Bruckner, etc. It's awful.
I was looking for the Szell Sibelius Symphony No. 2 on Amazon a few months ago. The copy I bought was $9.00 or so, the next price was $50 and they went up to $100 or there abouts. I couldn't believe it.
I'm now faced with becoming a Mozart opera lover, and some of the performances I'm interested in are OOP. Some are available on Itunes, but if I want the complete package it's going to cost.
ArkivMusic seems to be ramping way up on their reissue program, but I've not bought any of their offerings. The Gardiner Cosi is now OOP and they have it available so I might give it a go.
If you don't mind MP3's, this site has a ton of classical music available for free download. The downside is you don't always know exactly which performance it is. There is a performance of The Planets there, but user comments indicate it is a 1945 performance by Boult and the BBC Symphony.
Look at other Amazon sites - Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, etc. Sometimes rarity is a regional phenomenon, and it's worth paying the extra shipping fees.
Bill
My buying strategy is to put these items on my Amazon Wishlist, and check periodically. Eventually, a reasonably priced copy usually shows up. If not, I have to ask myself how much I want the CD in question.
Also, look for duplicate listings on Amazon - they sometimes happen. For example, there are at least two listings for Chailly's Bruckner set; I'm attaching the cheaper one.
Thanks for the good advice, guys.
BTW - that Cluytens/Beethoven box in the Amazon link looks very tempting [altho I need another Beethoven Nine like...].
That set has gotten mixed reviews among my friends who listen to a lot of Beethoven symphonies. Regardless, bear in mind that this same symphony set is included in this 50 CD Beethoven set, which is a fabulous bargain; I've seen it in local stores for $70.
... is pretty much all it will take.
A couple years ago, copies of the CDs in Blomstedt's Sibelius cycle were selling for like $125 each in ebay auctions. Now the whole cycle's been reissued as a budget set that you can get for about $16, and if you must have the original issue, you can find those for $10 each or so. I'll bet the people who paid $125 feel pretty silly about now.
people that are rolling in dough,don't think that way.they got what they wanted when they wanted it.only people like you and i want that hollywood ending,that they are sorry.snap back to the real world.
jim buck
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