What Vinyl Records Are Worth Money

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

What vinyl records are worth money.

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. Identify the record version. 45 records have become boutique collectible. Rarity of record think about vinyl records like baseball cards.

Are worth. For example pink floyd s dark side of the moon has been pressed at least 385 times on vinyl. 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. The 45 record was made to be the rival of the 33 or 12 inch long playing record.

Most albums have been released more than once resulting in different release versions. Led zeppelin led zeppelin 1969 led zeppelin s eponymous debut featured a mix of original material and covers of blues songs including a re recording of the track dazed and confused originally written and recorded by jake holmes which was also covered by jimmy page s old band the yardbirds. Some of these releases are worth hundreds of dollars. Oddly enough the iconic record was met with mixed reviews rolling stone called.

Buying vinyl solely for the purposes of making money we re all about the. 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. It is called a 45 because it plays at 45 rpm s or revolutions per minute on a turntable. The very first copy which clifford j.

Seven inch records or 45s were first introduced in the late 40s by the rca victor record label. The more rare they are the better. We may be in the age of streaming but records are experiencing a resurgence. Artist obviously records from extremely popular artists are going to fetch more money.

However collectors know the real vinyl money lies in original pressings and rare vinyl records. Some had limited releases while others featured controversial lyrics.