Re: What's a piece of paper and pressed CDs versus CD-Rs worth? Hundreds of Dollars

On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:52:18 -0700, Pluted Pup wrote:

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Here's some Marston CDs, pressed CDs with printed
packaging, and the proof of how much it's worth
so far, as opposed to CD-Rs that come without printed
paper and / or cardboard:
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Mahler decade (1897-1907), 2 CDs: US $255.00 + ?
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/405213637620
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Complete Vladimir de Pachmann, 4 CDs: US $135.28 + ?
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/405213683460
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They're still at auction, so who knows what they'll
really see for?

Here you go:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=marstonrecords&LH_Complete=1

I bought the Eugenia Burzio CDs used years ago, for
the then standard new CD prices.

I still don't know what "verismo" means.

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There is not a bit or data offered in these sealed
originals that is not available legally from Marston
on CD-R, and not a character of printed material
that is not available free of charge from Marston
in their catalog.
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This only reinforces the -- so obvious it's never
said -- idea that printed material is worth something
over "digital only" and that pressed CDs are worth
more than CD-Rs, particularly because Marston is doing
actually honest full reissues on CD-Rs, as opposed to
the bare boned stuff that the major labels do, who
figuratively throw their liner notes and librettos into
the trash and pretending that "print is obsolete".
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So many non-readers of books berate us collectors
for reading printed books or non-collectors of
music say that anything that's not on spotify is
luddite garbage that they gloss over that what
they are hyping is a sharp reduction of the available
catalog.