Does anyone know? Just curious.
I remember paying DM 6 (€ 3) in Germany in the 80s,
just before the CD came out.

In the U.S. -- a dollar or less.

3 DM ( 1,50 euro) in the mid sixties for a 7"

under the boardwalk---down by the sea

Hallo Havo,
wo hat denn eine Single 3 DM gekostet ?
Bei uns im Plattenladen oder bei Karstadt immer 4.95

I ordered singles from the UK in the sixties and I paid 6s3d, which is £ 0,325.

Oops, computational blunder. It is actually £ 0.3125

I still have the Buchklub-add for "Beat Beat Beat" (which is actually a 10inch) from summer 1965 - ATS 19,- (about DM 2,70). So I wonder about Havo's 3 DM for a 7". Was it really that expensive? I bought my first singles in Austria for about 4 DM in 1973.

My brother in law often told me that he and his friends bought singles without thinkin' about the costs but when it came to a longplayer only 1 of the guys (each time someone else) bought the LP and all the others did a reel-to-reel copy because of the high price for LPs. Must have been a heavy gap between the 7 and the 12".

In Germany in the sixties as far as I remember:

Singles: DM 5,00
Lps: DM 18,00

Havo, ich meine mich zu erinnern, dass es damals noch einen festen Ladenpreis( gibt's heute noch bei Büchern ) für Schallplatten gab und die Singles dann entweder Ende der Sechziger oder Anfang der Siebziger DM 6,00 kosteten.

I have some US singles that I purchased on EBAY with the original price stickers.

They vary in price, but I seem to remember generally under a buck. I distinctly recall one, Paint it Black maybe, for 77 cents.

Singles in the 60's: 5,- DM

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I still have the Buchklub-add for "Beat Beat"

A scan would be great, just for the archives.

I think I paid for my first single in Holland 1966 3,75 guilders (1.70 euro) which was a lot of money and for a LP 19,95 (approx 9 euro)

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In 1972 I paid 50 cents for "Tumblong Dice" mono 45 at Gibson's Discount Store. The stereo copy was 99 cents at Brazos TV !!!

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Hi,LPs were 32shillings and 6 pence ,singles were about 6 shillings,EPs were approx 11 shillings and 6 pence

The price of a single in 1973 which was when I first bought them was 48p. Albums were just over £2, maybe around £2.20.

5 DM

In Australia, LP average 2pounds 12 and 6= aud$5.25
EP ....... 15 and 6= $1.55
Single.... 8 and 6= $0.85
AUD$=US$0.89 currently
I know its not Germany,UK or US but you may be interested.