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10th Feb 2015, 9:16 PM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3745 Points Moderator	I think RRPG has reached, is reaching a fork in the road, with some serious editorial decisions to be made in order to keep it relevant. I get the impression there's a serious need for not just a rare record price guide, but a general trade price guide. Add to that an emerging CD collectible market, where first issues, SACDs, Digipaks, longboxes, Target CDs etc. probably meaning that the vinyl and CD fornats are desrving of thier own separate editions... you could probably say the same for each of the formats (Styles too: Classical and Jazz) ... then you have to conclude that they are trying to cram too much into one book, at the cost of necessary detail and differentiation of issues and presses of those they do include. It could even greatly benefit them to separate 45s and vinyl albums. All this would mean you'd get the more specific info relevant to what you want or need to know, with the starting values reduced it would include more of each that currently don't make the cut, even by a hair. Becuase otherwise I think the world of matrix numbers, stampers, issues and subtle alterations will overwhelm it and dilute a fantastic institution and drive people away... This may well have already happened if there were viable alternatives that spoke to those needs mentioned above (Goldmine and that outdated penguin book are likewise limited). But I still like a physical copy of a guide, so it would be a shame if this happened.