Meaty cuts are for sale by the pound in this pop-up butcher’s-style record shop.

Vinyl sales are up this year, and as could be expected so are the prices, so it’s refreshing to see one record shop that is managing to avoid the rapid inflation by simply selling their records by weight.

Elpee’s Beat Shop opened in Seattle last week, and is offering its customers records in three distinct flavors – “stew meat” is the best value at 43 cents per pound, but you run the risk of ending up with a stack of Conway Twitty LPs. At $1.03 per pound you might have more luck with “prime beats,” (which can be anything “from Chaka Khan to Everly Brothers to Ronnie Laws.”) and if you’re feeling flush then “choice cuts” are priced at $1.46.

Each order is wrapped in butcher’s paper and tied up with twine, to give that authentic 1950s flavor, and Chris Campbell (the creative director of ad agency Creature, which is hosting the store) even acknowledges that it’s a fairly bizarre scheme:

“I realized that it wasn’t a good idea in real life but I still wanted to do it, and this was a good opportunity… I thought: ‘Why not realize my dream and make a record butcher shop?’”

If you’re in Seattle, we’d suggest a trip to Elpee’s Beat Shop before it inevitably shuts its doors when the festive season comes to an end. Maybe we’ll see more weight-based vinyl stores in the future, but for now get yourself down to 1517 12th Ave., in Capitol Hill, Seattle. [via The Vinyl Factory]