Vinyl Records are more in-demand than ever. Are increased prices worth it?
Record Props founder, Tim DeSilva has thoughts to share.
@recordprops Are records worth the price? #waxworkrecords knows. #vinyl #halloweenmusic @Rob Zombie ♬ original sound - Record Props
Here’s my opinion.
Record companies, I’m looking at you.
When you call something special edition, or if you really want to market it as limited edition, and charge us $50 or more for an album, you’ve gotta put some effort in besides pressing colored records in unnumbered quantities based on the number of preorders to make it feel… worth it.
Case in point: Waxwork Records are consistently killing it.
Today I’m geeking out on this 2024 edition of – The Words and Music of House of 1000 corpses, which was Rob Zombies debut grindhouse film in 2003. This is what every soundtrack wishes it could be – the perfect combination of the score, music featured in the film, and tons of great dialogue from many of the classic scenes. All played in sequential order as if you were listening to the movie on the radio.
What’s a radio? It’s a device we used to use to listen to music. Sort of like a TV, but without the picture.
And the packaging is top notch. Fully illustrated by Pete Bregman, it reimagines the characters of the movie in vintage comic book fashion. The two inners are illustrated on both sides AND an extra set of polylined black inners are included for storing the records. Nice touch.
Then the bonus materials – character cut outs, and a 28-page fully illustrated comic, complete with a backpage of vintage ads.
If you’re a fan of the movie or vintage grindhouse horror, I sincerely hope you can grab a copy. Waxworks never seems to skimp on the details that make adding something like this to your collection, completely worth it.
