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      8 months ago

      They were definitely cheaper than they are now. But most of them also were produced much cheaper than they are now.

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        8 months ago

        And they were also sold at incredible volume back in the day, for a couple of generations just about every household had a record player or two and shelves of record collections to play on them.

        Nowadays vinyl is regaining popularity among people who buy physical music, but that is still a small fraction of the general public who have largely moved on to soft formats.