Look, I love the English progressive group the Moody Blues, but I don't quite "get" why we need THIS, a fancy reissue of the Moody's The Seventh Sojourn album. Uh, there are ZERO bonuses and this new reissue retails for $28!?! WHA?

Out of print on vinyl for years, Seventh Soujourn was impeccably mastered from the original Threshold Records tapes onto 180 gram vinyl and packaged in a gatefold jacket with the original full color album art unavailable since the original 1972 release.

Okay, I understand 180 gram wax and fancy remastering are VERY popular with the kids and audiophiles, so MAYBE that'll shift some units, but to say Seventh Sojourn has been "out of print since 1972" doesn't mean thousands of copies haven't been readily available! Moody Blues albums, ALL OF 'EM, even their first LP Go Now! on Decca/London, are routinely seen on offer for LESS than a fiver! In fact, most of the American versions of Moody Blues LPs all sold by the truckload and are now dollar bin ballast. My copy of Seventh Soujourn, which cost me a dollar, looks unplayed and sounds AMAZING; the mastering wasn't broke, so WHY FIX IT?!

Really, what I'm wonderin', as a record nerd, is: Do we need fancy, expensive reissues of common, inexpensive records? Especially if there aren't any EXTRAS, like some detailed liners or a bonus LP of demos?! I willingly buy "expanded" reissues, but heavy wax and a (suspect) remaster don't sell it for me. Whatever, I know it's "the market," but damn I feel like newb record folks are getting RIPPED OFF sometimes. Oh look, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours for $25!!