How much did a 45 rpm record cost in 1968?

Answer 1

Cant give you the exact price. Just watched "That thing you do". Price of a 45 was $1. Looking around online that number is about right for the time ($0.70-1). In the movie they put the record on sell for $0.49. Looked online and found that that number would be about right and the records would be even be as low as $0.10 in discount bins. $0.10 would be about what cost. That would be a good start point. My guess "cost for a blank 45" 5cents to 15cents. From what I could find you could buy them 50 or 100 pack. I found a single blank 45 for $2 in today market. Used a price from 1960 to 2020. That $2 would be about $0.22. So the 5to15cents seems right if you buy bulk. The difference of 10cents would make up quality, name brand, etc.

Answer 2

I read you question. Do you mean the cost of the record or creating. I found a serves and the price to record in a studio would be $40to65+ for back in the 60s.

You could find places that cost less but you maybe looking at a tiny closet.

Major studio cost 10, 100, 1000x more.

Answer 3

Rock and Roll was much less costly to produce and much more profitable than big band. The actual cost of production is unavailable.

Answer 4

About 69 cents if I remember correctly. It varied from store to store. Some stores had deals where you could buy 3 records for 89 cents or something like that.

Answer 5

49 cents