Similar lower-price reissue projects would emerge later in the CD era. As a collector, I was particularly attracted in the 2000s to Universal's "20th Century Masters/Millennium Collection", which mined the archives of the then-newly combined Universal and Polygram companies to create excellent starter set compilations that were attractive to both new and old fans of the artists featured.
I had mixed feelings about those; they had a good selection of songs at a reasonable price but, of the ones I got, there wasn't much attention given to sequencing.
But, in general, CD greatest hits packages were a good way to build a music collection.
With all the dozens of albums I bought since Jr high, you'd think I would have known this is what that sticker meant on an lp. This is all new information to me and I LOVE it.
This is the content I am on the internet for. Thank you.
Thanks for the history on this! My LPs had plenty Nice Price stickers when I started collecting. So much so that I included one in the artwork of an album of my music. https://artdotdmg.bandcamp.com/album/npc
Great article, but there's a key question that goes unaddressed: Who designed the familiar Nice Price logo? The now-famous graphic designer Paula Scher did a lot of work for CBS records during the mid- to late 1970s, so I'm wondering if she did the logo. Any insights on that?
What a great article, thank you! I was aware of these kinds of discounting (we saw them up in Canada too), and I'm fairly certain my first Clash albums (Give 'Em Enough Rope, London Calling and Combat Rock) were Nice Price cassettes. I still have a few vinyl albums with a hole in the corner (my mother-in-law used to work at local chain A&B Sound, and she said they used a hammer and nail, and staff used to want the job of putting the holes in them).
Thanks for the history on this! My LPs had plenty of Nice Price stickers when I started collecting. So much so that I included one in the artwork of an album of my music. https://artdotdmg.bandcamp.com/album/npc
I came away from an estate sale this past weekend with half a dozen CDs for 50¢ each. Four of them were of the Nice Price persuasion.
Similar lower-price reissue projects would emerge later in the CD era. As a collector, I was particularly attracted in the 2000s to Universal's "20th Century Masters/Millennium Collection", which mined the archives of the then-newly combined Universal and Polygram companies to create excellent starter set compilations that were attractive to both new and old fans of the artists featured.
I love these Masters/Millennium Collection albums! Where else can you find Parliament or some of the obscure older artists?
I had mixed feelings about those; they had a good selection of songs at a reasonable price but, of the ones I got, there wasn't much attention given to sequencing.
But, in general, CD greatest hits packages were a good way to build a music collection.
With all the dozens of albums I bought since Jr high, you'd think I would have known this is what that sticker meant on an lp. This is all new information to me and I LOVE it.
This is the content I am on the internet for. Thank you.
Thanks for the history on this! My LPs had plenty Nice Price stickers when I started collecting. So much so that I included one in the artwork of an album of my music. https://artdotdmg.bandcamp.com/album/npc
I LOVE his idea. If I was walking by it in a record store it would stop me cold. Bookmarked to give it a listen this afternoon.
Great article, but there's a key question that goes unaddressed: Who designed the familiar Nice Price logo? The now-famous graphic designer Paula Scher did a lot of work for CBS records during the mid- to late 1970s, so I'm wondering if she did the logo. Any insights on that?
What a great article, thank you! I was aware of these kinds of discounting (we saw them up in Canada too), and I'm fairly certain my first Clash albums (Give 'Em Enough Rope, London Calling and Combat Rock) were Nice Price cassettes. I still have a few vinyl albums with a hole in the corner (my mother-in-law used to work at local chain A&B Sound, and she said they used a hammer and nail, and staff used to want the job of putting the holes in them).
This was how I got the whole Billy Joel back catalog! Great stuff.
Thanks for the history on this! My LPs had plenty of Nice Price stickers when I started collecting. So much so that I included one in the artwork of an album of my music. https://artdotdmg.bandcamp.com/album/npc