jeff@tesla.UUCP (Jeff Frey) (01/11/84)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 84 16:45:31 est From: jeff (Jeff Frey) Message-Id: <8401102145.AA00472@tesla.UUCP> To: audio@net Subject: CD prices NYC`s Tower Records USED to be the cheapest in town, at $17.99/CD (many other "discount" stores charge up to $22) but I noticed an ad last week for Record Hunter that had them on sale for $13.75. Tower`s selection, unfortunately, is pretty small. CD's can be had for under $13 in Hong Kong, $14 to $19 in Tokyo (higher price for Polygram pressings). If what's available in Tokyo is an indication of what's to come in the USA, we're due for a lot more Mahler 9ths, 1812 Overtures, and the like. The n7uumber of CD bins at Ishinmaru Denki seems to double every six months but you only see the same titles on twice as many labels! EMI, RCA, Supraphon were the newest ones there. I noticed Tower now has two Nonesuch titles (at a bargain $16.99). Jeff