What do we think? A copy of a 12" with just the regulation tracks on? Your thoughts welcome.
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Ok it was a ridiculously vague question.
Say a white label of Regret with the standard mixes on. What do you reckon the mark up is for the white label?
as ever and forever wrote: Ok it was a ridiculously vague question.
Say a white label of Regret with the standard mixes on. What do you reckon the mark up is for the white label?
i don't know is a test press, or just something somebody pressed off a cd? how can you tell. is there anything written in the run out grooves?
There are many variables to take into consideration when trying to determine how much a White Label is worth and how much someone is willing to pay. Factors that determain price can be how many were pressed, how rare, timinig (if 2 copies seem to be on eBay at the same time), condition of the record, is the white label official or bootleg. I have also found that if a band has an album or a single out at the time, its more expensive than if a band is between albums.
I have bought a white label for $10 only to sell it off a couple months later for $70. I've been on the other end as well spending more than I should have for a white label.
In the end, you should determine how much you are willing to spend and undetstand that the price could have been higher or lower.
as ever and forever wrote: Ok it was a ridiculously vague question.
Say a white label of Regret with the standard mixes on. What do you reckon the mark up is for the white label?
About £7 only!
But you can't get a collection like MINE with BIG money.Plus ask yourself is it MINTY MINT,does it have anything WORTH paying more that it would cost you for a good night out(£80 in my case) but that is CHEAPSKATE to what NOOL's pay for RECORDS or indeed a GOOD NIGHT OUT.Pay what YOu cannot AFFORD and BE HAPPY!
I've only got a couple cos I don't really collect NO vinyl that much, more of a CD collector!
The two 12" white labels I have are Fine time and Electronic's Get the message. If you look at Manchester's Vinyl Exchange store the Fine time one is listed at about £8 so I suppose that's a reasonable guide to what some of them are worth. The Electronic one is listed at the same price.
I remember playing Fine time and discovering Don't Do It for the first time 
long before I had the CD.
Thanks all. RM, Al I was just a wondering. I have a few in my collection and a have seen a few out there. I was just curious as to how people valued them. I'm torn between them being the first things of the press and their conventional tracklisting most of the time. I guess to me the final decisive factor is getting all the different tracks not all the different formats/releases.
Mention of the get the message WL has prompted me to get it out mind ;) Thanks
The idea is to try to get them for free when they are out...
But depends really how bad you want it... that will determine its price.
Spotnick wrote: The idea is to try to get them for free when they are out...
And how on tries to get them for free? 
White labels are tasty if you can pick 'em up for a reasonable price.
Test pressings with proper test labels, are even more tasty. There's a couple I have my eye on but they are already out of my price range. 
FAC 51 wrote:
Spotnick wrote: The idea is to try to get them for free when they are out...
And how on tries to get them for free?
win a competition on NOOL 
