The Rare Record Price Guide 2022

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I have my late brother’s collection of LPs (Rock, Blues Rock, Blues, Prog Rock and some Metal), and after sentimentally holding on to them for some time, have now decided I just have to let go. The first four copies of the White album were issued to the Beatles themselves (they were stamped 1,2,3,4). There is though a very scarce (rare) first issue of this as pictured above where the triangle on the centre label was coloured in. It’s having the right combination of the above attributes in your collection that will really help your value increase.

It’s a signed David Bowie Heroes Vinyl (includes COA), never been out of the frame so it’s in mint condition. One will need to see photos as there are several different versions of the first Edition-Mono and Stereo.So selling individually if you have time will potentially reap the biggest reward, but you really do need to give it time. I believe the rarity is that it did not sell many copies and it is the first recorded session of Eric Clapton, also Jimmy Page is on harmonica.

There really are a large number of things to take into consideration to be able to get to a valuation. Record Collector Grading System– Mainly used in the UK as the guide to describing the condition of a record. ARTHUR BAKER - When punk and electronic music began to cross wires in the late 70s, this New Englander played a key role behind the remixer’s desk.Some of them unusual, but really I need the money and as you say, going through them all to ascertain if they’re worth a tenner or two hundred quid is a lot to do. Demand isn’t limited to those genres though there are more specialist markets in Classical, Musicals and Rock N Roll.

Normal black vinyl and think couple of coloured (Roger Daltrey soundtrack from McVicar is clear vinyl). I’m looking, like everyone, to see what they are worth, which I know you would need to see for yourself.

In the 1960’s most of the earlier 1960’s Lp’s sold in Mono around 1966/67 even numbers of Mono and Stereo records were sold and in the late 1960’s most were sold in Stereo. They will say, “but it has 1967 on the sleeve so it must be 1st issue”, I ask them to look at the CD they have which also shows 1967 and remind them that CD’s weren’t around in 1967! I have never sold anything and therefore have no track record; hence I don’t know how successful or drawn-out the process is going to be, considering many people aren’t going to trust me.

Those people out there who have severely damaged records by way of one or two very deep scratches, rendering the quality ‘poor’, might still consider selling them because some of us only want the covers and in some cases the inner sleeves where these cannot be replaced by generic inner sleeves!Hi Steve, I bought a some LP’s in the 60’s which have never had much play time, and just sit in the top of the wardrobe. The value of more common records, in my opinion, plummets far quicker as the condition deteriorates than the rare ones. Grading of records can also be vary depending on where you are selling so Discogs uses a USA grading system. As a Record Dealer I love seeing record collections in genres that are in high demand, in beautiful condition and with a few ….