Top Sought After Vinyl Records

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Top sought after vinyl records.

With vinyl making a comeback plenty of you have made the wise choice of grabbing a turntable raiding your parents record collection and picking out a few you d like to borrow as it turns out. Yamasaki of let it be records purchased from an executive at capitol records in the 1970s sold in 2013 for 35 000 a year after the copy with serial number. However this record is extremely rare only three known copies exist and highly sought after copies have sold for as high as 20 000. Wu tang clan s once upon a time in shaolin cd of which only one copy was produced was sold through paddle8 on november 24 2015 for 2 million according to record collector 449.

The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records data is sourced from record collector ebay popsike the jerry osborne record price guides and other sources. Here s what they came up with. Beatles yesterday and today red capitol target label 1971 yes another pressing of yesterday and today by the beatles qualifies as one of the most valuable vinyl records but this one is not a butcher cover. If the old list barely made it in the low with the average price of top 5 records at 1958 just a decade later 100 is already way above at 2896 and the list skyrockets to 17 7k as top 5 average.

Even with 17 53 inflation but more disposable income around and record collecting being popular these days it s a striking difference. Those old vinyl records could be worth a fortune. We may be in the age of streaming but records are experiencing a resurgence. Discogs ironically the original album sales were so poor that members of the group had to purchase their own copies even though they weren t paid to record the album unless you count hot dogs and soda.

Check out these 51 sought after records and get searching. As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. The very first copy which clifford j.