The Rare Record Price Guide 2022

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Hi Steve, I bought a some LP’s in the 60’s which have never had much play time, and just sit in the top of the wardrobe. The market for vinyl records has changed over time, but in general there is a great demand for Rock, Punk, Soul, Reggae, Jazz, Heavy Metal. I have a small collection of mixed artists, however, around 50% are Gary Numan/Tubeway Army records 7″, 10″ and 12″, and are std, picture disc, coloured vinyl. They originally issued their LP’s in the 1960’s, there were then re-runs as early as 1969, many issues through the 1970’s and 1980’s and then even special anniversary issues in the 1990’s right up to present day. I have my late brother’s collection of LPs (Rock, Blues Rock, Blues, Prog Rock and some Metal), and after sentimentally holding on to them for some time, have now decided I just have to let go.

I’m not going to talk too much about promotional items /acetates and autographs as they can really vary depending on the individual items, but they are worth looking out for in your collection. I’m looking, like everyone, to see what they are worth, which I know you would need to see for yourself. So another great example is the very first issue from 1963 of Please Please Me by the Beatles, it’s worth so much more in Stereo than Mono. It’s having the right combination of the above attributes in your collection that will really help your value increase.Sometimes it takes a bit more effort to track down the collectors or dealers that specialise in these areas. Yes there’s great demand for Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc, but some of the most valuable records from this era hardly sold at all. They will say, “but it has 1967 on the sleeve so it must be 1st issue”, I ask them to look at the CD they have which also shows 1967 and remind them that CD’s weren’t around in 1967! I think it’s important to understand the overheads involved in selling on vinyl records and also the amount of work that needs to be done.

Some of them unusual, but really I need the money and as you say, going through them all to ascertain if they’re worth a tenner or two hundred quid is a lot to do. Pulling all of the above together it’s clear that valuing your vinyl record collection can be quite a task as there is a lot to consider. The value of more common records, in my opinion, plummets far quicker as the condition deteriorates than the rare ones. Yes some Beatles records can be worth a lot of money, but probably 80% of Beatles records that I see have been played a lot and the value of Beatles records in particular drops so quickly when they have surface marks. The rest of the family will not listen to them so it would be great if they went to someone who would appreciate his collection.

I’ve got what’s been described by one collector as a pre first pressing of transformers the movie soundtrack from the 1980s.