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Most wanted rare vinyl.
When asked to detail what makes a vinyl record particularly valuable ian shirley the editor of record collector magazine s rare record price guide said that scarcity condition and the desire of.
As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl.
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.
However this record is extremely rare only three known copies exist and highly sought after copies have sold for as high as 20 000.
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.
Here s what they came up with.
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.
One collector tried to sell rick the coveted 78 rpm disc for 25 000.
After far out magazine worked with discogs to discover some of their biggest vinyl sales in history noble oak has compiled a list which evaluates 50 of the most valuable records on the globe.
These items are in the upper price bracket for their vinyl format but we may have missed some that are rare to you.
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.
The price was deemed too steep for the vinyl which was not in the best shape.
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.