Top Sought After Vinyl Records

The mid year 2019 report from the recording industry association of america concluded that vinyl is on track to.

Top sought after vinyl records.

As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. Even with 17 53 inflation but more disposable income around and record collecting being popular these days it s a striking difference. 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. Albums in the 78 rpm category are often sought after by collectors for their rarity and because they were the first records that showcased electrical recording technology where sound was recorded.

Here s what they came up with. Those old vinyl records could be worth a fortune. The very first copy which clifford j. Check out these 51 sought after records and get searching.

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. We may be in the age of streaming but records are experiencing a resurgence. 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. 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.

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. This record is an interesting listing among the most valuable vinyl records as it s a uk pressing that one might find just about anywhere other than the uk as the record was made only for export. 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.