Most of the stuff I would prefer to buy on CD, but a lot of it was never released on CD or if it was there’s maybe one copy on Amazon for a couple hundred bucks like you said.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the early to mid-80s stuff made a huge comeback soon. Us older Gen-Xers are exactly the right age to start getting nostaligic about the music we listened to in high school and college.
Yes, I agree on the demographics thing. My wife and I went and saw Billy Squire last fall. Sold out show, several thousands, crowd was really into it. About 5 yrs ago went to Modest Mouse, a newer band, could not believe how dead the younger crowd was. Then, we went and saw Bronski Beat, and again a more lively late 30s, 40 something year old crowd.