Most Valuable Country Music Vinyl Records

Unlike traditional collectables lists defined by monetary value these are records picked for their importance as artefacts whether rare revolutionary or.

Most valuable country music vinyl records. Country living editors select each product featured. Originally owned and stored by ringo starr the record was sold by the beatle at auction for 790 000 in 2015 according to guinness a sum that remains the most ever paid for a commercial album. If you buy from a link we may earn a commission. 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.

The shellac 78s he recorded for victor and bluebird in the late 1920s and early 30s particularly his 13 blue yodel tunes are classics of the. A copy of nirvana s 1989 studio debut won t pay off your mortgage and most vinyl editions won t even cover your cable subscription but. Country music has as many strains as the mississippi river has tributaries. While most popular country records aren t going to get you more than 25 if you try to sell them there are some rare ones that could score you up to 1 000 from passionate record collectors.

A decade at a time writer and music historian chris may will be working with the vf editorial team to uncover what we re calling the most collectable records of each era. The franklin mint record society greatest country music recordings of all time sold for 328 00 usd on 16 sep 2020 buy it now. 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. Time to dig that old box out of the attic.

Mar 1 2019 halfdark getty images. Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store. After taking a few decades off vinyl has made quite the comeback in.