Primark selling second-hand Band T shirts and Waterstones selling Vinyl LPs What’s going on?

[@sandraayres7269]

The Bad Boys from Boston are Aerosmith. It says on the front of the t.shirt

[@kal_george32]

Good video and Interesting that Primark sells these T-shirts I saw some in Exeter back along. Top Man used to when they were around. Bad boys from Boston is Aerosmith, just a nickname for them.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

I never knew that, But then again I don't care for Aerosmith!

[@kal_george32]

​@@MatthewNorthMusicFair enough not everyone's cup of tea. TBH I like their early stuff before the mid 80s pop rock stuff. Entertaining live act though. Just looked at the T shirt again it has the Aerosmith winged logo at the top.

[@BillyBanter100]

I bought a mono Sgt Peppers LP by the Beatles in 1967 when I was 13. It cost 24 shillings old money ( £1.12 in decimal currency). I had to save up my pocket money and I did garden tidying for a few local old people on Saturdays back then and I saved that money as well towards it. In todays money that is just over £24.00. Singles were around 6 shillings ( 30 pence ). In todays money that's just over £7.00. Record prices today are very close to what they were in 1967 adjusted for inflation.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

And A Re Issue of that in HMV is around £40 so almost double.

[@peterstudley1804]

It's good news about Waterstones now selling LPS, books, and records go hand in hand to a middle-aged demographic like myself . I still have WHS price stickers on some of my records along with John menzies and Boots' Sound and Vision Department. In the 1970s and 80s, records were available almost anywhere 😊.

[@Robutube1]

Vinyl pricing - the big labels have worked out the demographic that is buying LPs and our disposable income levels (in general). They re-established the market and fed the revival at reasonable prices and then there was a step change in pricing about 3 or 4 years ago. I now buy mostly allegedly 'near mint' from Discogs.

[@eelponna3145]

It’s interesting that the likes of WHSmiths and Waterstones are starting to stock records now. Jumping on the vinyl bandwagon a bit late but you can’t blame them if they have an empty space at the back of their shop. The thing is, and similar to the supermarkets doing this, I find that the limited selection of vinyl on offer isn’t enough to attract me to shop there. I can imagine it being bog standard radio friendly record stock such as Beatles, Michael Jackson, Oasis albums etc. I’m not going to find the latest record by Autechre at WHSmiths!

[@Seven-ny6rq]

You are right Matt! Paying £30+ is a little too expensive for me to be buying vinyl. I also would be sceptical of buying reissued records from the likes of the Beatles etc… As these would be digital remastered versions simply printed onto vinyl, rather than having the older original analogue pressings.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

Correct

[@retromusings]

As per the record stock in bookshops, maybe it's a Christmas marketing strategy for gifts , hoping book buyers will be impulsive and buy a record or two as gifts? All very odd all the same. Seems they are pretty late in the game to be selling records.

[@marchughes6161]

Very good Matt. Yes I acquired many records / tapes from WHSmith in the 80’s. Fond memories of getting Harold Faltermeyer “Axel F” {London Mix} 12” and Paul Hardcastle “Rainforest” 12” and countless 7” vinyl. I remember one summer school holiday going to my Italian grandmothers house in Taffs Well and us getting the train to Cardiff and i descended on WHSmith there and purchased Howard Jones “Dream Into Action” on cassette 🎹😎

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

The Exeter WH Smith record department was massive, I can still go in there and pinpoint exactly where it was!

[@myles7522]

Good video….I’m very selective now as vinyl is getting that I cannot justify buying such inflated priced records. I’ve certainly stopped purchasing on a whim, shame really because I loved taking a punt, not anymore.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

As the above comment shows, vinyl prices are close to what they were in the 1960s. My first LP was a TV-advertised K-Tel compilation in about 1977. It cost £2.99 I think for a double album, and that is about £17 today.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

If a double Album was £17 today nobody would complain too much.

[@Robutube1]

Same for me - I used to love that feeling of "what have I bought?" as I walked home from Our Price - kissed a few frogs but found some gems too. Can't justify the cost of doing it now and when buying from Discogs, with the inherent delay in getting your mitts on the record, it just isn't the same.

[@mrcoolsun3142]

According to AI: "Primark Pre-Loved T-Shirts Primark offers a range of pre-loved t-shirts through its partnership with Wornwell, a second-hand clothing retailer. These pre-loved items are sourced from across the world and handpicked for their uniqueness and quality. You can find a variety of t-shirts, including: Band tees with music-inspired designs, perfect for festival fashion or a casual laid-back look Vintage-inspired patterns and styles, such as 70s, 80s, and 90s trends High-quality items from brands like Carhart, priced competitively at £35-40"

[@McSynth]

Good grief..buying second hand CDs or albums is one thing. Collecting sweaty second used garments - under or over is just a bit tragic. Didn't a once top ten Welsh Elvis tribute type singer once have a policy of clamping down on sales of his 'previously owned' CDs on eBay ?

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

I wasn't aware that Shaky tried to stop eBay selling used CDs. When did he do that? Although I was never a Shaky fan, I always regarded him as a genuinely creative rock-'n'roll musician with a deep love for that genre.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

I saw him about 8 years ago touring his then new album with the lyrics based on Welsh and Cornish mining history, it was superb.

[@JudgeDrokk]

What's the breakdown on a 30 quid LP? I know WH SMITH gets a huge percentage of the selling cost of books and mags, so I wonder how it applies to them and other stores with records? I watched a record shop guy saying they make about 2 dollars on a brand new $30 vinylLP and they have to buy in at that $28 price. They make more from buying up collections from widows and selling on at profit.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

£30 for a single LP in 2024 equates to £7.20 in 1980, which I seem to recall was about the standard price.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

I remember stand price in 1984/1985 was £4.99 for an album but older albums were around £2.99 (remember CBS 'Nice Price' or the Fame / Price attack from EMI? you can do the inflation calculator thing, But 10 years ago LPs were 15-18 quid a pop, there was less of them so the manufacturing costs were more. A single in 1984 as I showed was £1.45 a 7" single now is well over £10 for the most part, many being around £15. Older Back Catalogue is where the money is and its just been exploited beyond recognition. Also in 1980 the Tall by Pink Floyd had a RRP of £8.40 or there abouts, and it was a big talking point at the time how expensive that was!

[@JudgeDrokk]

@@MatthewNorthMusic Agreed. Only the band-devoted collector buys singles now, the singles chart is pure mush. I've moved back to LP, but don't dislike CD - I just think the physical digital disc can be so much better, but the internet has halted progression, by removing the need for a physical medium. Making us all lazy and "make do" in the process. The rest just download from torrents and don't care about anything else, and are totaly oblicious of the costs - which is partially hiked because of their actions.

[@JudgeDrokk]

@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx LP was always 20 percent cheaper than CD.

[@Lee-mn748]

Not only are new LP's expensive, i find the quality of the pressings is very hit & miss, i've had new factory sealed records that sound terrible with horrendous surface noise & i've also received sealed records which turned out to be scratched from the manufacturer there doesn't seem to be any quality control, I wanted to get that new Cure album but reading the reviews people are not happy with the pressings & apparently the cd is another victim of the loudness wars being over compressed etc etc....

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

I'm not sure that vinyl prices are much higher than in the past when we take inflation into account. Is there good evidence? Regarding Beatles LPs, there has long been a policy of their releases on all formats being the most expensive by far - not sure how that worked in the marketplace. Remember the first reissue of their albums on CD in the 1980s when it was easily possible to fit two on one CD but they didn't? Pink Floyd, too, has always been much more expensive.

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

They are double in some cases more than 10 years ago. Actually 10 years ago there was a point where you could buy The Beatles in mono box set for 225 pounds.

[@andybrown4284]

Barely started watching and I have "hole in my shoe" going around my head

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

I do apologise, and the 'Neil' Version was a hit 40 years ago a couple month back!

[@richard127gm]

Errr... I hope you're kidding about Bad Boys From Boston. Might wanna take another look at that T-Shirt.

[@DrOz-007]

I paid £18 for new vinyl copy of Dark Side of the Moon recently. Sounds wonderful and has the posters, postcard etc. Good value. Why other old albums from the likes of the Beatles are so expensive, goodness knows.

[@dblyth5098]

"Bad Boys from Boston" are Aerosmith, you should have known that. I even zoomed in on your Eyes and Mouth, to see if there was a hint of sarcasm or irony, but there was none. 😀😀😀😀😀

[@MatthewNorthMusic]

Nope I had absolutely no idea

[@neilherring]

For years people have been buying t shirts by the likes of the Ramones, and Nirvana, who they have never heard in their lives.