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Tuesday, March 2, 1982 «3
Old or hard to find records
found in cutout bargain bins
photo by Laura Hatch
Everyone needs to look for good bargains these Express and finds it difficult to narrow down the
days. Junior petroleum engineering major Brad choices. Cutout bins feature older records at prices
Fisher checks out the cut-out records at Music lower than those of newer ones.
by David Calvert
Battalion Reporter
Imagine being able to buy
popular record albums for two
or three dollars off the regular
price, without subscribing to one
of those record clubs that trash
up your Sunday newspaper or
favorite magazine.
Because they are cheaper,
cutout and used records are be
coming a popular item in record
stores around town.
Record album prices have
risen steadily over the last 10
years clue to the increasing
prices of petroleum. The vinyl
used to make albums is made
from petroleum by-products.
Cutout albums are records
which are no longer on the list of
top sellers, but are still popular.
They are usually three or four
years old and are sold for three
to five dollars off the normal
price. Rather than send them
back to the recording company,
they remain at the store for sale.
Used albums are records
which have been brought in by
customers for cash. Most record
dealers will inspect these records
to make sure they are in good
condition before paying out any
money. The customer, however,
should inspect the album to
make sure it is in good condi
tion.
Bruce Long, a junior civil en
gineering major at the Universi
ty of Texas at Austin, said cutout
and used albums are good for
completing a record collection.
“Many times you get in
terested in a group after they
have put out several albums, T ’
Long said. “Cutout albums give
you the chance to find out what
the group sounded like in their
earlier days without paying
those ridiculous prices.”
Long said, however, that only
older albums will be found in the
cutout section of a record store.
“You won’t find the Cars’
newest album as a cutout,” Long
said, “but you can find their first
two albums for a couple of dol
lars less than the normal price.
This is the case for many groups
around today.
“REO Speedwagon and Jour
ney are other good examples.
Before they became really popu
lar five or six years ago, you
couldn’t give some of Journey’s
albums away. Someone who
likes REO or Journey’s newer
albums can get copies of their
earlier albums without paying
the regular prices.”
Long, a disc jockey in Austin
who owns more than 800
albums, said used records are
potentially better buys than cut
outs, but because they are usual
ly newer releases than cutouts
and are usually cheaper, the
selection is not as good.
“Finding good used albums
means being at the right place at
the right time,” Long said. “Cer
tain albums will sit in the bins
forever, but a more recent
album will get snapped up
almost the moment it is put up
for sale.
“The best way I know to find
good used albums is to go by the
store every day and look
through the collection.”
Long said competition for
used albums also involves sales
men at the record store.
“The salesmen get first shot
at any new used album which
comes in,” he said. “What you
see on the shelves is what has
gotten by them first.”
Virtually any type of music is
available in cutout or used
albums. Tony Martin, a sopho
more environmental design ma
jor from San Antonio, said he
likes several types of music, so
cutouts give him a wide choice of
older albums.
“I like almost everything
from the Beatles to classical to
new wave,” Martin said. “Many
Beatles albums are available in
cutouts, including some of their
earlier LP’s.
“It may take a few years for
an album I want to get into the
cutout shelf, but to me the sav
ings are worth it.”
If you are a music lover who
finds himself on a restricted
budget (aren’t we all these days),
or if you want to catch up on
some great sounds from the
past, you might find that cutout
and used records can solve your
problems without breaking your
wallet.
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