Mecano wrote:
I rarely buy cds.The reason is that their(collector) value is minimal,they,usually,don t sound as good as the vynil
On the subject of collectability, I don't think we should form a judgement too quickly.
As far as vinyl is concerned, my collection includes stuff such as The Beatles'
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd's
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Jimi Hendrix's
Are You Experienced? all in mono(!), and then Hendrix's original
Electric Ladyland in the controversial "nudes" cover, Pink Floyd's
The Dark Side of the Moon, complete with the famous little stickers, and Hawkwind's
Warrior on the Edge of Time. The cover of the Hawkwind album opens out in two folds to show a huge chasm on the one side, but if you turn it over you're holding a virtually full-sized shield. I don't know about the mono stuff, but it's my guess that some of the other old vinyl may now be collectable. However, as I've said before, most of the above albums have been played too much, and probably damaged by poor turntables and cheap/damaged styluses.
Present-day new vinyl, such as TG's
Souvenirs and other "special editions", should swiftly become collectable in what is now a much smaller vinyl market (smaller than in the 1960s/1970s, that is - and, of course, I accept that vinyl is gaining popularity again).
However, what will future collectors make of CD special editions that are coming on to the market right now? For example, in 30 years' time, how will people see Therion's
Lemuria/
Sirius B deluxe edition, or the fabulous artwork done for After Forever's
Decipher?