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In Reply to: RE: Value Of 1970s Direct to Disk Recordings posted by Inmate51 on August 15, 2012 at 14:26:40
I personally love the Direct-To-Disc recordings. I have hundreds of them, sealed & open.
After years of collecting and finally selling all my audio equipment I have no more
of a need for my collection. Also, the longer I store them the condition keeps going
downhill. I have been finding out that the value of the Direct-To-Disc albums,
for the most part for the exception of a few, are not worth as much as I feel that they are.
In the Audiophile circles they seem to sell for a little bit more let's say at venues like
Denver's Audiofest but on EBay they seem to go for a lot less money. Some that
I have seen are down right cheap !!!!! When I realized this I was depressed and
surprised. Half Speed recordings have appreciated like I thought they would and
are selling for some real decent amounts.
Larry
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"I have been finding out that the value of the Direct-To-Disc albums,
for the most part for the exception of a few, are not worth as much as I feel that they are."
Yes, that's pretty much what I thought. As I wrote initially, I think it's another 30 - 50 years before there's any real value to most of them. Given that we're already +/- 30 years away from that era, I ain't holdin' my breath.
Since you have so many, you might want to consider donating them to a music or audio archive/museum. The University of North Texas music library might be a good place, as well as the Sherman Jazz Museum or the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. There are tax benefits.
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