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Vinyl records are making a comeback for music lovers after decades in which first cassettes and then CDs captured the international music market. The latter being easier to listen to in cars, walkmen and then CD players, led the vinyl record market to the area of collectors or music enthusiasts who prefer to listen to music the old-fashioned way, on a record player. 7453g
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For some time now, vinyl has been back in fashion and is increasingly sought after in music stores and large bookstore chains because of the quality of the recording, which is best preserved on vinyl rather than other forms of sound storage. Of course, now we’re talking about music streaming companies like Spotify that offer the ability to listen to your favorite artists over the internet, not needing any physical device to do so. However, vinyl is a close second…
But which are the most expensive vinyl records in the world and what makes them so costly?
The White Album, Beatles, 790.000$ 5d4e6r
Who hasn’t heard of The Beatles…The Liverpool band made history.
The White Album
The Beatles’ ninth official studio album was called The White Album and was originally released in 1968. The album contains 30 tracks and a plain white cover with the band’s name embossed.
A rare version of the album features an embossed serial number on the front cover, while another includes a prototype cover with the album title in a script font. However, the most expensive version of the white album is a rare double LP with a white cover embossed with the serial number “0000001”. This is said to have belonged to Ringo Star, the band’s drummer.
He eventually sold his copy at Julien’s Auction in the US for $790,000 (about £620,000) in December 2015 to an anonymous buyer, along with his famous Ludwig drum kit, which was bought by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for a whopping $2.2m.
My Happiness, Elvis Presley, 300.000$ 6h3f5q
My Happiness
Elvis Presley was a sacred monster for the 50s-60s-70s generation and an idol for rock ‘n roll music lovers. It’s only natural that his vinyl records would be in great demand, especially since he has long since ed away, but his music has remained popular.
Elvis Presley’s first record, ‘My Happiness’, was a song recorded at the Sun Records studio in Memphis in 1953. The record was never released commercially, and the only known copy was recorded on an acetate disk that Elvis gave to a friend as a gift. The friend later sold the record to an Oregon record collector, who sold it at auction for $300,000 in 2015.
The single marked his first commercial recording. It’s also known as one of the rarest pressed singles ever in existence, due to the limited pressing of only 500 copies at the time.
The record’s purchaser, Jack White, an artist who has been a member of the White Stripes, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, was the record’s purchaser, as he was not only a music enthusiast. but also a big collector of vintage vinyl and equipment. His studio and record label Third Man specializes in vintage recording techniques and unusual vinyl releases, so it’s not too much of a surprise to learn that he is the proud owner of one of the three most expensive records in the world.
Black Album, Prince, 27.500$ 4s1j2e
Black Album
We’d like to end our top with a vinyl album featuring the music of the star Prince. In 1987, Prince recorded an album called “The Black Album”, but decided not to release it to the public just a week before its release. A few copies of the signed record were also sent to radio stations, but most were destroyed. The album contains soul, funk and 8 tracks. It was originally supposed to be released on December 8, 1987 as an untitled album (no artist credit, no title, etc.). A copy appeared in the late 1980s and sold for $15,000, and another copy sold for $27,500 in 2018.
Sources: printyourvinyl.com, hmv.com, bigfudgevinyl.com, discogs.com.
