Most Valuable Vinyl Record Covers

The most valuable vinyl records on earth from the beatles to the sex pistols these droolworthy albums are among the most expensive vinyl records of all time by parker hall april 10 2019.

Most valuable vinyl record covers.

The beatles the beatles white album 1968. Sure the sounds are certainly the most essential element but you can t ignore the role of cover art in making a brilliant album from the fold out gatefolds of the vinyl era to pull out liner. We didn t of course and that s because nearly all of the top 100 of the world s most valuable vinyl records are individually cut acetates test pressings pre production not commercially released items that were never formally released or other items that likely would only have been available to record company. Several of the records on the list were quickly pulled because of controversial cover art making.

Which makes it extremely valuable. It s valuable rare only. As one of the most popular rock bands of all time the group s self titled album led zeppelin released in 1969 easily reached platinum status but if you run across the rare first issue variation of the cover art it will be worth many times what later releases bring. Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store.

Here are the 50 most valuable vinyl records on earth. No scratches and have pristine covers. The beatles sgt. 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.

Thought to be one of the most valuable records in the world a mint copy of the former once sold for 35 000. By amanda gersten september 10 2019. Oddly enough the iconic record was met with mixed reviews rolling stone called. Most valuable vinyl records.