20 quid is basically a round at the pub nowadays for loads of people while, back in the 60s. when I was a kid 37/6d, which is what HELP cost when it came out, was absolutely out of reach for almost everyone in my street. I don´t care what statistics say, since when did economists know owt about nowt.
I´ve just paid 65 euros for a 2LP Patricia Barber special edition, remastered by Bob Ludwig and Doug Sax and the silence is deafening compared with what I thought to be a very good first edition recording of the same disk which I bought in 2005. Although most new pressings are dire, there are a few exceptions. Check out qualityrecordpressings.com and then complain about prices