They are all in demand under the radar going to go big anytime now when they are selling them
When you sell to a dealer they are unpopular / crap / unknown/ failed plays though
There's less and less good dealers out there, now with ebay sellers and cheque book dj buyers prices and conditions are being exagerated
It used to be good but 2 from the last 4 purchases I've made have gone back or overgraded
Ovo is there for the purists and for the old school djs to keep them relevant on the scene and to stop younger people taking the dj spots .
Playing oldies means they dont have to buy new records to keep up
Vinyl nights are for people who dont care about the history and want to.be djs playing whatever but see them superior to cd / mp3 playing djs but everything is available on a Carver for 20 quid or so so.they dont have to spend a fortune.
Mp3 / cds are cheaper / remastered and dont have any background hiss so some say they sound better.
It just depends on your view and budget
Top 500 on original vinyl = cost of a house
On bootleg / reissue vinyl about £5000 / 7500
On CD probably about £1000 / 1500 if you bought them when they came out maybe less if second hand cds
On mp3 collection from ebay / etsy / dodgy soul night trader £10 / 20
So it depends on the budget to what format you get the music to play
But in the end they are the same songs
If you are worried about a particular rare track and dont want to damage your vinyl then you can download it from YouTube with programmes easily
Nero is what i used for burning but had a programme called sonix before that
People accept poor grading just to own records and chancers get away with it as sending back is a hassle and who knows where another copy will come from.
The state of vg records these days is abysmal so this lowers the bands for ex etc .
Only a minority of records will be mint etc after 60 years of playing them so will be top price. Most others ex / vg+ but a lot have been hammered at soul nights etc over the time
Its headings like plays mint except first 10 seconds or has cue burn for first 4 rotations that take the Mickey.
These should be classed as vg but as the price drops to 50 percent dealers wont do it
It can be a lottery.
Nobody knows it can mean its sold as a super rare unknown recently discovered
Or it's crap and nobody will touch it
I've seen tunes listed for £100 on an expensive dealers site which sold when Jm had copies for a tenner
Download some of the great mixcloud type podcast things from the likes of pete smith or ian levine with lots of unknown tracks mixed with classics
Plus there are lots of live tapes that get uploaded from.past venues that have been recorded
Or there is YouTube to download from