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  3. I believe I am more than comfortable but I do not have the money for that Macca box or for Peter Gabriel tickets for that matter.
    On the other hand I bought Bruce tickets for Rome which we will make into a weekend getaway . You pays your money you makes your choice I guess.

  4. Probably about as big as a shoe box. The price is very high, but kind of what 7 inch singles go for these days (cheaper than RSD). The question is who needs 80 Macca singles? I checked last night and I have 14, I could probably do with about 10 more, but I would look to pick them up for under a dollar each.

  5. Top-priced Gabriel tickets in Dublin are E265. Chuck in overnight in a bog standard Dublin hotel, train fares, dinner, etc, and I’m looking at about E600 just for me. Nearer a grand if Mrs J comes along

    While his shows are supposedly pretty spectacular, I’m not really a massive fan so won’t be going.

    Assuming they come round again (which is far from certain), doubt very much whether the people I’d still like to see would be charging those kind of prices.

    I certainly can’t think of anyone I’d be willing to fork out that kind of money to see any more.

  6. These things are being bought as an investment, not by any music lover or even record collector. If you bought a corgi yellow submarine back in 1969 for 3/6d you can flog it on eBay for £100. That’s quite a return…

    God only knows what a pair of Ron Nasty’s trousers would fetch.

  7. I’m 72. I am lucky enough to have a nice home in Devon and a pension income and savings etc. that mean that, within reason, I can buy what I choose. I say this because, despite my situation, I now refuse to pay stupid prices for stuff that I might quite like, but simply know that may be experienced once (if that) and then gather dust in a corner. I’m not interested in some notional investment either. At my age I am acutely aware that I have more than enough in my home that, with the occasional addition, will keep me quite happy until I shuffle off. Good luck to Macca, and whoever, for making the most of their catalogue – that’s business – but I have a choice and I ain’t playing.

    As for live gigs, I doubt I will ever again go to stadium or arena show at the prices being asked and stare at a screen for two hours while idiots around me chat and get pissed, but I still love Cropredy festival as well as smaller local gigs and festivals where I can see and hear great music and sometimes support up and coming musicians and those without big selling back catalogues.

    Frankly, there is an awful lot of piss being taken at the moment.

  8. I assume investors will just have them stored somewhere, unopened, to preserve their value.

    I agree with NigelT – each to their own and all that, but I’m not interested. I last bought something like this in 2009 and although it is a lovely item, I never play the records and have looked at the sumptuous photo book just the once – in 2009 when I opened it. It’s like the bottle of wine that dates back to 1784 – it’s probably disgusting and undrinkable but for some reason it’s valued at 50 grand and is placed in some useless tosser’s wine cellar.

    • Theory: before the advent of streaming this sort of nonsense would have been way cheaper because the Macca crowd was younger and many more of them would have wanted to own a piece of history or whatever it is. Now because digital downloads are thrown in more people will be asking themselves if they really want all that bollocks. And the rest of us can just listen on Spotify.

      ‘Limited to 2 per customer…’ Arf.

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