Most Valuable Vinyl Record Covers

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Most valuable vinyl record covers.

Thought to be one of the most valuable records in the world a mint copy of the former once sold for 35 000. We didn t of course and that s because nearly all of the top 100 of the world s most valuable vinyl records are individually cut acetates test pressings pre production not commercially released items that were never formally released or other items that likely would only have been available to record company. Several of the records on the list were quickly pulled because of controversial cover art making. Led zeppelin led zeppelin 1969 led zeppelin s eponymous debut featured a mix of original material and covers of blues songs including a re recording of the track dazed and confused originally written and recorded by jake holmes which was also covered by jimmy page s old band the yardbirds.

Pepper s lonely hearts club band boxed set reissue 1982 price 500 00 a limited edition super high quality reissue of the original concept album. As one of the most popular rock bands of all time the group s self titled album led zeppelin released in 1969 easily reached platinum status but if you run across the rare first issue variation of the cover art it will be worth many times what later releases bring. Most valuable vinyl records. Once the bastion of hard core record hounds nostalgic coots and too cool hipsters vinyl record culture has come back from near extinction to a nielsen estimated 14 3 million vinyl record sales in 2018.

Sure the sounds are certainly the most essential element but you can t ignore the role of cover art in making a brilliant album from the fold out gatefolds of the vinyl era to pull out liner. The beatles sgt. Here are the 50 most valuable vinyl records on earth. Which makes it extremely valuable.

The beatles the beatles white album 1968. By amanda gersten september 10 2019. The most valuable vinyl records on earth from the beatles to the sex pistols these droolworthy albums are among the most expensive vinyl records of all time by parker hall april 10 2019. Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store.