The Rare Record Price Guide 2022

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Yes there is some what of a vinyl “Gold Rush” going on, but also quite a lot people who don’t really know what they are doing. Yes there’s great demand for Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc, but some of the most valuable records from this era hardly sold at all. The market for vinyl records has changed over time, but in general there is a great demand for Rock, Punk, Soul, Reggae, Jazz, Heavy Metal.

I have a few hundred albums, and a great singles collection, many of them demonstration copies, mostly 70s and 80s stuff. I have a collection of lps to sell rolling stones led zepplin beatles david bowie moody blues ten years after Duane eddy the who etc. 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.

Sometimes it takes a bit more effort to track down the collectors or dealers that specialise in these areas. So another great example is the very first issue from 1963 of Please Please Me by the Beatles, it’s worth so much more in Stereo than Mono. Record Collector Grading System– Mainly used in the UK as the guide to describing the condition of a record. It’s not that easy, although since I still live in South Africa, I’m hoping it will be easier than I think. Very important to check the issues of Beatles records as first issues are worth a lot more than later issues.

So selling individually if you have time will potentially reap the biggest reward, but you really do need to give it time. There is though a very scarce (rare) first issue of this as pictured above where the triangle on the centre label was coloured in. 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. One will need to see photos as there are several different versions of the first Edition-Mono and Stereo. I’ve got what’s been described by one collector as a pre first pressing of transformers the movie soundtrack from the 1980s.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. The solid blue triangle may have only sold a thousand or so copies so scarcity makes it more valuable. So if you are selling in bulk you can reduce the work load, but you will reduce the value you can achieve of your record collection.