Record Store Day Price Hikes? One Hand Clapping, Let It Be Movie and Mind Games.

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤😊

[@jamesmanon3000]

Good video.I bought rhe Mind Games and Ringo.Both were around $34.00 dollars each.I live in San Jose,Califonia.Cheerio.

[@FutureBeatle]

Another beatle fan from san jose. Cheers 🎉

[@IamthePodman]

Great video and I'm glad you had a great holiday in Cornwall! I would have bought the glowing Lennon, but alas all that was left were Harrison Picture Discs at 40 bucks a pop-no thanks. Here's hoping your Gallagher dolls don't fight each other.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I think some record companies/artists are pricing themselves out of sales.

[@bobscanlan2598]

glad to see you back and glad your well...im 70 and just bought one dont tell anyone..lol...bob

[@davepounds8924]

You are so right! Vinyl prices are getting ridiculous and RSD prices are increasing every year If people continue to pay the high prices every year guess what??? The record companies will continue to raise prices!!!

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Absolutely

[@bloodorange6713]

I stopped buying new records a few years back. Much more rewarding searching for coveted used albums in shops rather than buy the overpriced, low quality vinyl being put out

[@davepounds8924]

@@bloodorange6713 👍

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

Yeah I've always had a mixed relationship with RSD. But it is called Record STORE Day, not Record COLLECTOR Day, so it's always had the intention of helping out the independent stores, not helping out the buyers on the day. Although in the long run if RSD helps more small shops stay open, then the buyers do benefit over time because they get more buying options (and used vinyl opportunities) with local indie stores staying in business.

[@thilogrimm7109]

love your humour! keep up the great work with your videos! :) I skipped out of RSD because of mainly the same reasons you mentioned and in Germany the price hike from one year to the next is even more extreme...

[@Robutube1]

Good to have you back Greedo. I bought the two George 'zoetrope' albums (I didn't have either in any format and I find myself increasingly enjoying experimental music) but left the John EP knowing that the full album's on its way; like you, I'm reappraising my opinion on his post-Mops ouevre. I'll buy 'One Hand..." too but if the EP is a 45rpm one I'll give the package with that a miss because I can't be arsed with changing the belt on my turntable. PS - Have you seen the Barbie movie yet? It's PG48 rated apparently.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Do you have a Planar!! I too can’t be bothered to change the belt. Hence why that Breeders 45rpm is a bit annoying. PS: Ha. Very good. And yes… I’ve seen it. It was actually alright.

[@arzabael]

Of course man, once I saw the price differences on store by store basis I realized stores can choose to gauge further than what materials and costs have driven things to get to

[@beatleboy0195]

Totally Get the price hike theory on RSD. Like you i'm a McCartney freak anything with his name is on my shopping list, i got all the archive 2 record sets still sealed (i have the originals and all play perfectly) this new one hand clapping stuff i pre ordered too, the bonus e.p version will stay sealed the other i'll play and the cd to rip for the car why do we do it lol.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Unseal them!! Play and enjoy them!

[@davidbourgoin523]

One of our local shops was very greedy in it's pricing. They wanted £61 for the Faces BBC sessions and £40 for the Blur Parklife zoetrope. I would not be surprised if they still haven't sold any of them yet.

[@goose4787]

I was kinda glad my local record store didn't have any of the titles I was interested in because the selection they did have were all over priced.

[@jeromeluby787]

i passed on RSD this year...i found a decent copy of the German Magical Mystery Tour in true stereo for a good price...jolly good!!!

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Nice!

[@josephmantineo1376]

Hey Greedo, your videos are So Great LOL you’re Very Funny!!! I skipped RSD. I am on the fence about getting Pauls one hand Clapping. Most of the songs are already released on archive sets. Maybe I’ll get it through streaming so I can listen to it in my car. Take care Great video oh yeah I saw you had the breeders lp do you also Like Belly ?

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Apparently these are new mixes of those tracks. So hopefully there’s a noticeable (and better) difference. I’ve never listened to Belly. Gulp!

[@stephenrostkoski837]

Didn't buy the Mind Games EP, but do plan on getting the box set. The two previous Lennon boxes have been very good. I think a few listens on streaming will do it for me for One Hand Clapping.

[@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick]

I never went and queued up for RSD. I waited and bought the 2 George Harrison zoetropes, both versions of the John Lennon EPs and the Queen 7" online and paid face value for them as i had registered with ASSAI. Going onto eBay, there are vultures asking £100 for the Lennon G.I.T.D ep.....ridiculous.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

The price of the Lennon EPs was already ridiculous. Now they’re even more ridiculous.

[@myles7522]

I didn’t buy mind games because I have a £30 ceiling and will never go over. I purchased ten albums on RSD from record shop that is never greedy on price 👍

[@markrainbow8855]

Some shop are hiking their RSD prices, one record had sold out at my usual dealer went 10 mins down the road to another dealer got what I was after but it was £8 dearer. Another crazy thing, the RSD Blur album was listed something like £16 cheaper (yes less than) the regular black vinyl edition. Odd.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

The Blur album was a picture disc wasn’t it? Could explain why.

[@markrainbow8855]

@@dinnerwithgreedo yes it was another one of those zoetrope pictures discs. You’d expect the price to be the other way round, black vinyl cheaper than the picture disc, but no.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I think picture discs are widely regarded as 💩

[@paulhaworth6399]

I’ve ordered one hand clapping 2 LP plus EP . It was expensive but this period is my favourite Mccartney period. I think his quality dipped slightly after about 1974 but he could still put out great complete albums every so often. I won’t be splashing out again until one of the albums are really like come out . I’ll have to think about Mind Games ,it’s an ok album with the odd great track . I always found with Lennon that any super deluxe box set repeated a few tracks over and over .

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

That’s the one I plumped for too.

[@JustAddFrijolesCx]

My record store had The Weeknd at Sofi for $72 while many sites had it priced at $53

[@Dan147Danny]

RSD is not grabbing me anymore, what part of standing in a queue at 5am to spend £25 or more on a 4 track EP is fun. It's ironic that RSD is the one day of the year that I will avoid my local record shop.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

This is a very fair post. If you live in Australia to buy the 2 cd version from the McCartney site )that's after it keeps directing you to thev Australia site where you only having the lp option - no cd available). So after realising I can eventually get it from the official UK Macca site, it will cost $70 Austalian which is equivalent to 36.63 pounds. That's yet another expensive price. I love your thought processes as I would because I relate to them very much. I am no sycophantic fan or try not to be. I have become a greater admirer of John and possibly in part because I believe Paul has become a very greedy artist. There is always continual debate between those who do and those who don't believe cash grabs exist. So instead I simply refer to Paul as greedy.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I’m sure the CD will eventually be on the Aus site. Surely?!

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

@@dinnerwithgreedo Still not there yet. Cheers

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Wow

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Just noticed, America get t-shirts with them!!

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

@@dinnerwithgreedo Is it now? I'll take a peep.

[@JasonWharton82]

I went to two stores on RSD, 101 collectors in Farnham and Rock Box in Camberly, both seemed to be selling at the going rate for the releases. I missed out on the main one I wanted but managed to get one on line yesterday but generally, I really don’t like RSD, I get why they do it but it’s fucking annoying when there’s one release you want but it’s only available on RSD so then you have a massive battle trying to get it. Also, fucking flippers, I mean, they are always a problem but it’s particularly bad on RSD. Ugh. I should make a rant video on it 😂

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Go for it!!

[@abbalite]

Funko Pops! NoOOooOOOoOOOoOOooO!!!! My local record store sold stuff for the same price as what was listed on the RSD website.

[@beatleshelp1000]

I think your very funny and i enjoyed your video.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Thank you!

[@arzabael]

As a huge Beatles collector the mind games was off my list of things I cared about. Something fundamentally was just not all the way right about the cause and purpose of the release

[@fdsuperstar2547]

McCartney should get together with Crayola crayon company and have a limited edition. Could come in the same box. The 12 color collection! The 24 color collection! And so on.

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

At least the audio content for McCartney III was the same, just the color vinyl (and in a few cases the color die on the cover) changed. Several big artists like Taylor Swift have not only a handful of different cover art options, but different bonus tracks on each variant as well.

[@LawrenceAkers]

Which one to go for? Mate, we all know music sounds better on purple... RSD in Australia is the same. Very expensive and we get a fraction of the interesting releases that the rest of the world does. I ended up getting the U2 10" which was about $47 (that's about 25 pound) and the Rocky Horror Show Demo Release for $75 (about 40 pounds). A lot of the more interesting releases didn't even make it to our shore. Hope you're feeling better soon. You've had a bad run with your health this year so let's hope the second half treats you a little more kindly.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

So true from Tassie. I've noticed the U.S. fans seem to spend insane amounts of money wanting everything.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Mate… the t seems like every fortnight I’m ill! It’s boring now!

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Yeah, I’ve watched quite a few videos of Americans banging on about all they’ve bought and not even mentioning the cost!

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

@@dinnerwithgreedo Aussies seem to generally apply greater logic to their purchase choices.

[@paulmcloughlin9913]

My local shop is very fair on its pricing I did get the ep for under 20 quid reason being that I'm not gona buy the ultimate version of the album when it comes out cause the title track is the only song I like on the album

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

That’s a good price (almost) and a fair enough reason.

[@zackamania6534]

Do people in the UK call records “vinyls?”

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

No… it’s a dirty habit I’m trying to kick.

[@zackamania6534]

@@dinnerwithgreedo yes please kick that thang, mate!

[@cmeflywva]

While McCartney doesnt have vinyls in every color listed on his website for now. He has multiple vinyls with either a poster, a t-shirt or sweat shirt. I dont know if he decided to tone it down on the merchandising or is gearing up his mark,eting options still.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Yeah… this release is quite tame considering.

[@cmeflywva]

@@dinnerwithgreedo I think it’s absurd that he is releasing all of these products staggering during the year instead of putting One Hand Clapping in its entirety on one disc and DVD in earlier packaging. People had speculated if he was going to include One Hand Clapping in its full form in earlier releases and received criticism for not doing so. I know Band On The Run is in its 50th anniversary but instead of multiple vinyls in every color someone could imagine with various styles and designs to it would have been more appropriate for the people who wanted the actual complete music associated with the album. In my opinion he has toned down the obvious, blatant marketing and went for a softer approach either from criticism or his own restraint.

[@johnalexander-t6d]

Let’s be honest as long as the mugs keep lapping this stuff up the record companies and retailers will keep on manufacturing and selling them… I’m sure for all bands there are live tracks, demos and lost songs all just waiting to ‘conveniently’ be discovered!

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Absolutely!

[@dobieprime]

In America here...Sweethearts of the Rodeo Live...$70. At some stores as much as almost $80. WHY? That to me is gouging from the record company.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

But here’s the thing… if I owned a record store and I wanted to make A LOT of money, I wouldn’t even put these RSD records out on the shelf. I’d wait ‘til after and sell them for double on Discogs. The problem here is that people would pay it?!?! WHY?!?!

[@UnderTheCovers1]

funko pops are the crack of toy collecting

[@zackamania6534]

Wait until the SUPER ULTIMATE REMIXES come out

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I’ve actually decided not to buy the Mind Games album.

[@poetsdreamsatc]

I love the concept of RSD but why make such a limited amount of items? The flippers end up with all the good releases NOT real vinyl lovers. The Beatles mini record player selling for $180 plus limited to 2300. Couldn’t find a single one locally in my state so ended up having to buy one on eBay for $325. And that seller was the least expensive but this bloke had 25 for sale and sold every one of them. There was one left after my purchase. How is this possible for this guy to get so many and not any of the mini players were sent to any stores in my state?

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Yeah I hate flippers. I just don’t know what can be done about them.

[@poetsdreamsatc]

@@dinnerwithgreedo That’s a good question. I blame the industry. Scalpers seem to get all the good seats for a concert. Stores don’t care who buys the merchandise as long as they sell it so anyone can walk in and buy all of new releases then turn around and sell it 3 times (or more) for what they paid for it. It’s the “limited edition” part that makes the flippers. I don’t see it getting better at all.

[@mrbeatlespro]

Here in the states mind games ran me roughly the equivalent of just over 27 pounds

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Yet again I got the Japanese version on Ebay. Exactly all the same contents plus the complete dvd concert. The Japanese have always done releases in a superior way to other countries. Which part of Australia do you reside? I right down the bottom in Hobart.

[@paulhudson563]

RSD is probably working because it was designed to help local record stores and with the rip off prices it probably does. I was going to get Thin Lizzy Live but not at a rip off £39:99 for a single album!!!

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Crazy price.

[@TheDunc1]

I got my Mind Games EPs just for the fun of it.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

How much did you pay?

[@TheDunc1]

@@dinnerwithgreedo £27.00 each I think.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Ouch!

[@TheDunc1]

@@dinnerwithgreedo Wasn't that by The Rutles?

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

🎵 You’re breaking my heart 🎶

[@andrewcragg3460]

Remember when artists used to release an album, and people grumbled (rightly) if they then took a single off it, as you'd end up buying the same material twice? Halcyon days: now, record companies just release collectables. They're not meant to be played, just collected - hence shit like glow in the dark JL EPs. I had a glow in the dark Ghostbusters picture disc, but that was a novelty record from a film, not a 'proper record' from a serious artist. I bought Mind Games in 1973 - why does it need releasing again? Shitty remixes don't cut it.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I agree with all you said EXCEPT I like the remixes. Lennon’s stuff needed it!

[@mazzysmusic]

Unfortunately the original mix of Mind Genesis’s and is terrible. Both the uk and us albums sound bad. The 2002 CD remix was good but then subsequent vinyl versions went back to the original mix. Mind Games needs to be remixed.

[@PhilJS67]

The price ranged from $60-75 in Australia for Mind Games EP. I didn't buy it. The Noel and Liam Pop Vinyls are great. I don't have them though.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

I couldn’t resist them!!!

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

Fabulous video - love your presenting style usually makes me smile. And yes you have to stop buying dollies, not just because you're 48 but mainly because you have a winkle. 😂 My local record store, which incidentally is a 50 minute drive away, were definitely taking the piss with the price. Pretty everyone who commented on my RSD video from the Uk said they paid £28 (which is also ridiculous). I didn't know the price until I got there and I can tell you there was some finger-wagging at the bloke behind the counter , who probably didn't give a shit as it was probably nothing to do with him. Won't be using them again. Ive only ever been there once best - last years RSD. I'm not really a collector, just a fan and I bought the EP simply because I wanted to get and hear the new mixes early. Patience is not one of my strong points. Having now heard how brilliant the Ep sounds, I have almost forgotten about the £34. If I hadn't bought that, I probably would have blown the lot on dollies.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

BEATLELY TONE!! I’m honoured! Yeah, I couldn’t believe the price you paid! And as you said, £28 is still ridiculous! And I promise to never buy dollies again…. unless there’s Beatle ones of course.

[@beatleytonesbeatleschannel]

@@dinnerwithgreedo 😂😂

[@nickbutler3373]

“My anus turned inside out” 🤣 I’m not really interested in record store day, very very expensive. I used to buy brand new vinyl 20 odd years ago when it was selling very little. I bought loads of brand new vinyls, Beatles etc from virgin and hmv and it was all under £15! You can’t even buy 10 songs for that anymore! So no I haven’t bought vinyl in years and have no intention to. Most times I record stores the people working there just stare at me when I’m browsing. Nah

[@KonkeyDong968]

I was actually a bit dissappointed in this years RSD releases. Only things that peaked interest was a Dio live release, Motorhead release and thats about it. I mean Metallica didnt even release anything and they are (were) one of the biggest voices supporting record stores and RSD in previous years.

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Yeah it sucked…. unless you like those artists of course.

[@BeatleJohn813]

Hi there , one hand clapping is been released on June 14th and shipping out to buyers on Thursday 13th . I got both copy’s of mind games ep , both costing me £ 26.99 each which I thought was pretty reasonable , but I have seen the glow in the dark copy of mind games ep going for £69.99 .

[@dinnerwithgreedo]

Hiya, thanks for your comment. How/why do you think £27 is reasonable for 4 songs? I just can’t see how the Lennon camp can justify it. Maybe for the glow in the dark one but that’s still expensive. I saw it for £70 too!! Mental!

[@oldskool731]

lol

[@neilbower9052]

I only wanted one album, the Marianne Faithfull release, one online shop had it for £32 another £30. I got it for £26. I'll e-mail the record shop i use most often and see what he says about RSD pricing.

[@michaelplatt8736]

One Hand Clapping has had an official dvd release in the Band On The Run archive collection, so she needs a blu ray upgrade. The Rooftop concert has had an awesome bootleg release using Giles Martins' remixed audio.

[@neilbower9052]

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[@neilbower9052]

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