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| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
299.0. "Production cost of a CD album" by TLE::CLARK (Ward Clark) Wed Mar 05 1986 18:34
Topic 297 (price predictions) got me to wondering about the actual
manufacturing cost of a CD album.
I remember that many years ago, when the list price of an LP was
$3.98, the total manufacturing cost of the LP and jacket was about
$0.18. The rest of the retail cost was recording costs, royalities,
advertising, payola, and PROFIT.
Does anyone know the current costs of producing and manufacturing
an LP and the equivalent CD?
-- Ward
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 299.2 | About 65 cents for an LP | AMBER::KAEPPLEIN | | Thu Mar 06 1986 13:32 | 2 |
| Record pressings are about 60-75 cents apiece and sleaves range
up to a few cents (from recent net.audio dicussion).
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| 299.3 | $2 for a CD | TLE::LIONEL | Steve Lionel | Thu Mar 06 1986 14:32 | 3 |
| Digital Audio was quoting a figure of about $2 for manufacturing
costs on a CD.
Steve
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| 299.4 | | Q::ROSENBAUM | Rich Rosenbaum | Mon Mar 10 1986 15:59 | 4 |
| related trivia..
I believe the original record jacket for the Rolling Stones' Sticky
Fingers cost about $1. It featured a real zipper.
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| 299.5 | naughty naughty! | RAJA::SCHMIEDER | | Mon Mar 10 1986 16:09 | 9 |
| RE: -.1
> I believe the original record jacket for the Rolling Stones' Sticky
> Fingers cost about $1. It featured a real zipper.
Not to mention what was inside the zipper...
Mark
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