100 Most Rare Vinyl Records

Brought back from the verge of extinction vinyl record sales are booming due to a renewed interest among younger generations.
100 most rare vinyl records. 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 2896 and the list skyrockets to 17 7k as top 5 average. 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. Even with 17 53 inflation but more disposable income around and record collecting being popular these days it s a striking difference. Since we last compiled this list in december 2004 some of the big guns in the top ten have retained their positions but elsewhere.
Records by the beatles are usually high on the lists of rarest vinyls. The first pressing of their white album double lp is the fourth rarest record according to nme with a worth of 10 870. Extracted from our just published rare record price guide 2008 the ultimate collector s bible these are the ones that we dream of finding. Amidst the burgeoning vinyl boom nobleoak an australian life insurance company worked with ian shirley the editor of record collector magazine s rare record price guide to determine the 50.
Next time you go crate diggin keep a keen eye out for any of these records. Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store. Here s what they came up with. A mint copy of their debut lp please please me is the second rarest record according to the telegraph with a value of 5 435.
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. 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. From rare lps to one off test pressings these are some of the most expensive vinyl records on earth the kind of albums that make plaid clad record collectors and average listeners alike green.