The Rare Record Price Guide 2022

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Demand isn’t limited to those genres though there are more specialist markets in Classical, Musicals and Rock N Roll. I’ve been sitting on a beatles collection and possibly some other artists for years that were my late father’s. 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.

The value of more common records, in my opinion, plummets far quicker as the condition deteriorates than the rare ones. 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. PAUL YOUNG - He may be best known for a No 1 Marvin Gaye cover and the Band Aid single, but either side he’s dabbled in everything from Tex-Mex to big band jazz.I have a few hundred albums, and a great singles collection, many of them demonstration copies, mostly 70s and 80s stuff. I have a small collection of mixed artists, however, around 50% are Gary Numan/Tubeway Army records 7″, 10″ and 12″, and are std, picture disc, coloured vinyl.

So selling individually if you have time will potentially reap the biggest reward, but you really do need to give it time. Some will be fussier around condition, but if you have desirable records for sale we will want to pay as much as we possibly can for them. The rest of the family will not listen to them so it would be great if they went to someone who would appreciate his collection.

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. I’m not necessarily interested in selling but I have a framed vinyl I’d like to know the value of – could you give me a hand working it out? It’s also worth remembering that when a record fetches a huge amount of money the seller is nearly always a professional record dealer with a massive client base and who has worked for years to build up trust. Many records when originally released came with lyric inserts and sometimes posters and other odd inserts (Alice cooper School’s Out cam with a pair of free Panties! It’s important to note here that although the condition of the vinyl is very important so is the sleeve and any of it’s inserts.

The first four copies of the White album were issued to the Beatles themselves (they were stamped 1,2,3,4). Pulling all of the above together it’s clear that valuing your vinyl record collection can be quite a task as there is a lot to consider. There really are a large number of things to take into consideration to be able to get to a valuation. Ordinarily the love of the music should take precedence over how much the total package is worth, but some of my brother’s music is not to my liking, and I would prefer to sell his much-loved LPs to someone who will look after and appreciate them as much as he did. As a Record Dealer I love seeing record collections in genres that are in high demand, in beautiful condition and with a few ….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. It’s a signed David Bowie Heroes Vinyl (includes COA), never been out of the frame so it’s in mint condition.