[78-L] Cost of buying records over time

[David Lennick]

I think he's more interested in general North American prices.

dl

On 9/5/2011 2:54 PM, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> Mike from Plovdiv sent me a note offline about original UK prices of the G&S Trial by Jury set I posted on 78rpmcommunity... granted this would have been in the 1920s/1930s, if you want I can re-paste...
>
> Brad
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78L<78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:16:36 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [78-L] Cost of buying records over time
>
> A colleague has asked for a general idea of the cost of records going as far
> back as possible. I know we all have catalogs and we all cite the $7 Victors
> that people took as their freebees, but can we get a general idea per decade?
> As to cylinders, I know nothing.
>
> On 9/5/2011 10:05 AM, Keith wrote:
>> Hey David!
>>
>> I'm tuning up my university presentation and was thinking about showing the
>> cost of buying a recording going back as far as possible. Do you have any
>> catalogs etc. that show prices? I'm just looking for one ballpark price per
>> decade. I have nothing that shows this 'cleanly' and am struggling for clues
>> (one obviously clue is the price on a cylinder box). Let me know if you have
>> any sources or ideas. A search through the Toronto Library didn't come up with
>> anything worthwhile.
>
> dl
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