People keep pricing 80s pressings like they're first editions

I saw a guy at an estate sale in Austin asking $40 for a 1986 copy of Rumours. Like dude, that's one of the most pressed albums ever, there are millions of them. I know because I've picked up three clean copies myself for under $5 each at Goodwill this year alone. Anyone else notice newer collectors going crazy on common represses?

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ninal911mo ago

Gently push back on that though. My copy of Rumours is a 1977 first pressing and it sounds way better than the 80s reissues I've heard. The mastering is different, they remixed it a few times. So while $40 is steep for a common copy, the year matters a lot with that album specifically. I'd pay that for an early pressing in good shape, just not for that 1986 one you saw.

grace_fox31mo ago

...and that's actually why I ended up buying two copies of Rumours before I figured out what was going on. I found a cheap 80s reissue at a thrift store and it sounded so flat and lifeless, I thought I just had bad luck with my record player. Then a friend let me borrow his 1977 copy and the difference was night and day, the bass actually had punch and the vocals felt like they were in the room with you. So yeah, I learned the hard way that pressing year really does make or break that album.