The $5 Record Can Be Better Than the $50 Record
What is a record really worth once the needle drops? In this episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave begins a new week of challenges — The Art of Listening by separating market value from musical value. Using Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmo’s Factory, Dave asks a simple question: if one copy costs $5 and another costs $50, is the expensive record ten times better to listen to? Condition, pressing, scarcity and demand all matter when we buy and sell records. But once the music starts, they answer a different question. Dave introduces The $5 Record Test: Pull one inexpensive record you genuinely…
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