You won't have to use your rent money either to add good stuff to your own collection.
Even the rarest of rare 50's Prestige copies aren't completely out of hand price wise.
You can still as of the date of this post get most of them for less $1000 in mint condition, and nice play copies graded very good (VG) for half price or better than its mint counterpart.
The real deal is in the Mass produced Columbia vinyl, you can get a 1st press of Kind of Blue easily for less than 100 bucks. Porgy & Bess, Milestones, and Sketches of Spain for a little less.
As you move through the Davis catalog the prices get cheaper of course, with the great 60's quintet albums like E S P, and Miles Smiles, found for 20 bucks all the time. The fusion albums of the late 60's like Bitches Brew and A Tribute to Jack Johnson can be had at
The quadraphonic mix copies will set back a bit more. One exception price wise are some of the Japan only releases like Black Beauty and Dark Magus, these particular copies can set you back over $100.
I know because I needed Dark Magus to complete my Columbia collection of 1st press Miles LP's. So as it turned out, being passionate about Miles did not hurt my pocket all that much, especially once I realized most first press Blue Notes would be completely out of my league.
There is no shame either in running down lesser condition vinyl, records graded VG+ or VG can still sound very good, especially the 70's rock and funk jazz albums.
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