Hi folks,

Just wondering how the vinyl market is actually effected by current economical recession.

I mean, are we currently in a trough? Have prices bottomed out? If effected at all maybe it's a good time to be 'hovering up' like the early 80's or maybe it's an ever-changing market regardless anyway?

As this is not an exact science I suppose we can only go by privious prices fetched.

I see a beaten up Mel Brit on Ebay at the minute that looks like it'll fetch £300+, I suppose this being an iconic & classic tune might be a good benchmark. I've just watched a mint James Dockery My Faith in You go for about £20 surely worth a bit more in years gone by.

And then in-demand sounds will go against the flow I suppose & the internet is a game changer too.

Just wondering how the market is effected really.

Any thoughts?

that james dockery aint worth any more its the second issue

Giving you the love on the flip on SoulCraft thought that was orig??

this is the one that gets good prices

https://www.popsike.com/Rare-Northern-Soul-45-JAMES-DOCKERY-My-Faith-Soul-Craft/260693099908.html

Ahh right, that's explains that.

What do you reckon the Mel Brit is worth today Ted?

Red SoulCraft is the original and a completely different version.

mint Mel Britt is still worth 700+ imo

Maybe prices are at last finding something like a natural level. For me they have been well above average since the mid to late 90's when there was a lot of spare cash about with many returnees having got rid of kids and mortgage.

Still lots of examples about though of collectors paying well above the odds for a want.

ebay prices have been very high the last couple of months. no usual summer dip from european vacations and even under-the-radar lesser known stuff (which is what I always have my eye on) has been going high

Hopefully, for us mere mortals at the bottom of the food chain

Hi there I was with John Manship last night and we were on about this and it seems anything at the right price is still selling , Tim Brown told me this afternoon that nothing seems to have changed and from my point of view we've never moved so many 45's .I think we'd all agree money turn over by volume is down but turn over of vinyl is up.The differance between the 80's/90's situation is that with the internet and intrest from abroad (we're selling loads of ska and reggae reissues to poland for instance)there won't be a vacuum .Talking to other dealers a lot of typical hundred quiders and alike such as "Rose Valentine I've got to know" are now hard to sell so these kind of thing's may devalue but the Mel Britt's of the world will for a long time still go for as Ted said the 700 quid mark.The only thing to bare in mind that if someone's in trouble they may have problems getting good price's immediatly so may sell cheaply to get out the shit , we gonna see a lot of this shortly as the next phase of the recession begins to consume finances .I wouldn't start getting anxious for a few years yet unless you've bought your records as an investment expecting a heavy return on them ,This weekend we sold 49 northern /modern type soul 45's and 28 reggae records so that's 77 45's since yesterday morning most of them were around the tenner mark and around half will leave the U.k by post tommorow morning so at the moment I'd say the cheaper gears moving regards Simon.

ebay prices have been very high the last couple of months. no usual summer dip from european vacations and even under-the-radar lesser known stuff (which is what I always have my eye on) has been going high

prehaps more people waking up to these tracks you like and look for ?

more poeple moving towards lesser known 45s ?

prehaps more people waking up to these tracks you like and look for ?

more poeple moving towards lesser known 45s ?

known tracks sell for even more. it's just high prices all around.