Collectible Vinyl Records Singles

Rare and collectable records our list of rare vinyl and collectible records there are more hidden gems around our vinyl website but here s a list to get you started.

Collectible vinyl records singles.

These items are in the upper price bracket for their vinyl format but we may have missed some that are rare to you. A lot of albums sold in the 1970s and early 1980s sold millions of copies when new and as such it isn t difficult to find copies in nice. Extracted from our just published rare record price guide 2008 the ultimate collector s bible these are the ones that we dream of finding. An iconic american punk record this cult 7 single by the pagans was released on neck reckords in 1977.

Oddly enough the iconic record was met with mixed reviews rolling stone called. Records that sold well and are quite common are going to be less valuable than records that sold poorly or are hard to find. Only 200 are known to have been pressed and mint copies are as rare as hen s teeth. For people of a certain age seven inch 45 rpm vinyl records are what music was and is all about.

As all good vinyl lovers should we asked the experts at record collector magazine to name the uk s most sought after vinyl. They just can t think of elvis without picturing that signature yellow sun record label or the beatles without recalling the label on all those capitol 45s with their trademark orange and yellow swirl. Just to underline how valuable these dusty old records can be here s a brief list of some of the most expensive vinyl singles. Here they are the 250 most sought after records in the uk with values ranging from 500 to almost infinity.

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. Also known as singles because each side had a playing time of less than five minutes 45s. This factor is pretty straightforward when it comes to vinyl records value.