The estimated value of each record featured below is just a guideline – Allow us to repeat that: each value is only a guideline, gleaned from research conducted on authoritative sites including Discogs (opens in new tab) and Rare Record Price Guide (opens in new tab), and auction sites and houses including eBay, Juliens and Christies.This isn’t an exhaustive list – there are highly valuable vinyl records in other genres not covered below, so use this more as a springboard of inspiration to kick-start your own journey into the realm of buying valuable vinyl records.

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Here we’ve chosen the valuable vinyl records we think you, as Louder readers, will be the most interested in (so apologies to any closet Olivia Newton John fans, but the Xanadu picture vinyl disc will not be putting in an appearance). In terms of how much they’re worth, some have an evergreen value, while other valuable vinyl records fluctuate in price depending on buying trends, band anniversaries and other notable events, including the death of an artist. Valuable LPs are varied and cover off a wide range of genres.

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Either way, that’s one pricey record.ĭon’t expect to be playing that acetate on your record player any time soon – Paul McCartney bought it from pianist John Lowe in 1981 (then released both songs in 1995 by adding them to the Beatles Anthology 1 collection). Record Collector now values the acetate at around £200,000, though other sites report it as being valued around £100,000.

And then there’s what some record historians argue to be the world’s most valuable vinyl record – not just in monetary terms: The Quarrymen’s In Spite Of All The Danger / That’ll Be The Day, a 1958 acetate of the first songs recorded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison at Philips Sound Recording Services in Liverpool.

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