The World’s 10 Most Valuable Vinyl Records
Most people are satisfied buying the releases of their favorite artists and listen to them with friends. However, there are some who are a bit more serious about it, and records can reach really high values. So today we went looking for a list of the world’s most expensive recordings. The most up to date list we could find was over at Wikipedia, and the top ten is listed below:
1. John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy (Geffen US Album, 1980)
Note: Autographed by Lennon five hours before Mark David Chapman assassinated him.
Value: $525,000
2. The Quarrymen – “That’ll Be the Day”/”In Spite Of All The Danger” (UK 78 RPM, Acetate in plain sleeve, 1958)
Note: Only one copy made.
Value: $180,000
3. The Beatles – Yesterday and Today (Capitol, US Album in ‘butcher’ sleeve, 1966)
Value: $38,500, though more typically prices range from $150-$7500
4. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (CBS, US album, stereo 1963 featuring 4 tracks deleted from subsequent releases)
Value: $35,000
5. Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull – “Original Stack O’Lee Blues” (Black Patti, US 78 RPM in plain sleeve, 1927)
Value: $30,000
6. Frank Wilson – “Do I Love You?” (Tamla Motown, US 7” 45 RPM in plain sleeve, 1965)
Value: $30,000
7. Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground and Nico (US Album Acetate, in plain sleeve, 1966 with alternate versions of tracks from official release)
Value: estimate $25,200.
8. Elvis Presley – Stay Away, Joe (US, RCA Victor UNRM-9408, 1967)
Note: One side promotional album.
9. The Five Sharps – “Stormy Weather” (US, Jubilee 5104, 78 RPM, 1953)
Value: $25,000
10. The Hornets – “I Can’t Believe” (US, States 127, 78 RPM, 1953)
Value: $25,000
The rest of the list: Wikipedia
