Rarest Vinyl Records In The World

Here s what they came up with.

Rarest vinyl records in the world. As it turned out the buyer was none other than minecraft. The recent resurgence of vinyl record sales knows no bounds. Most of the records on this list are of a certain vintage and their value stems partly from their age but in 2014 a relatively new record shot into the top 10 when a rare test pressing of aphex twin s caustic window was sold at auction for a staggering 46 300 approx 36 000. 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.

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. And collectors are getting more aggressive with bids on the rarest vinyl records in the world. As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. The album was later sold on ebay for 25 200.

Here they are the 250 most sought after records in the uk with values ranging from 500 to almost infinity. 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. Originally purchased at a new york record store for 75 cents in 2002 this is a rare case of finding that vinyl pot of gold among the rubble. According to the latest report from the recording industry association of america vinyl records earned 224 1 million on 8 6 million units in the first.

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. Since we last compiled this list in december 2004 some of the big guns in the top ten have retained their positions but elsewhere. Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store. After outselling cd s this year for the first time since 1986 rare vinyl is steadying creeping up to ascertainable valuations.

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.