Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories

Mississippi record store owner hopes “greatest hits” compilations sound good to collectors

While vinyl record prices remain a concern for Phillip Rollins of OffBeat, he thinks lower-priced “greatest hits” albums may entice customers.

Download
Phillip Rollins, owner of OffBeat in Jackson, Mississippi, says collections of popular work by artists such as En Vogue and Notorious B.I.G. could get more people interested in buying records.
Phillip Rollins, owner of OffBeat in Jackson, Mississippi, says collections of popular work by artists such as En Vogue and Notorious B.I.G. could get more people interested in buying records.
Courtesy Rollins

Vinyl records have enjoyed a surge of demand in recent years. And while supply chain pressures have eased, high record prices worry retailers like Phillip Rollins, who owns OffBeat, a record, toy and comic store in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.

“I went to New Orleans and had a meeting with some of the record stores and labels and my distributors,” Rollins said. “The cost of records was explained, why it was going up, just due to manufacturing.”

But Rollins sees a lot of promise in some new prints, like $20 “greatest hits” compilations. “Especially selling records like En Vogue and Notorious B.I.G. for $20 is a good kind of starter way for people to get into music and get into record collecting,” he said. “So that’s been a positive. I hope more labels and distributors implement that.”

To listen to Rollins’ full story, use the media player above.

Related Topics

Latest Episodes

View All Shows
  • Marketplace Morning Report
    an hour ago
    7:04
  • Marketplace Tech
    3 hours ago
    11:03
  • Marketplace
    14 hours ago
    25:19
  • Make Me Smart
    20 hours ago
    19:00
  • This Is Uncomfortable
    3 days ago
    56:05
  • Million Bazillion
    24 days ago
    32:45