List Of Rare Vinyl Singles

Both mono and stereo versions are rare and valuable but the stereo version fetches the highest price.

List of rare vinyl singles. Showing 1 30 of 136 results summer sing song artist. 1956 8. Even with 17 53 inflation but more disposable income around and record collecting being popular these days it s a striking difference. I will only include commercially released or promotionally released records.

It will be constantly under construction and i would gladly welcome input on any items you feel should be added to the list. These are the very first pressings which feature the band s name in gold lettering on a black label. Acetates test pressings signed copies unless they were sold commercially as signed editions. That being the case we put this article together to list some of the world s most valuable vinyl records but with a bit of a twist.

This list will attempt to call attention to some of the most valuable vinyl and shellac records. In the early 1960s columbia records would occasionally press promotional copies of both singles and albums on colored vinyl we ve seen red yellow blue green and purple in order to grab the attention of radio programmers. If the old list barely made it in the low with the average price of top 5 records at 1958 just a decade later 100 is already way above at. These items are in the upper price bracket for their vinyl format but we may have missed some that are rare to you.

A few other items on the list are ultra rare pre world war ii blues 78s and ultra rare 45 rpm singles that were released on tiny regional record labels and were quickly forgotten. As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. Thanks for this research very amusing and thought provoking especially in comparison with the old list. Just to underline how valuable these dusty old records can be here s a brief list of some of the most expensive vinyl singles.

The rarest of the rare copies of the beatles debut full length album have sold for around 4 200. Both colored vinyl pressings and picture discs have been issued as commercial releases and as promo only releases. Singles eps and lps that are extremely hard and rare to find today including rare first pressings rare labels rare covers and rare coloured vinyl records.