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The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records. Data is sourced from ''Record Collector'' magazine, eBay, Popsike, the Jerry Osborne Record Price Guides, and other sources. # Wu-Tang Clan's "The Wu - Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" LP (produced in a similar way to the legendary J-M Jarre LP, one copy only) has reputedly received offers of up to $5 million, according to Billboard magazine 2014. # The Quarrymen – "That'll Be the Day"/"In Spite of All the Danger" (UK 78–rpm, acetate in plain sleeve, 1958). Only one copy made. The one existing copy is currently owned by Paul McCartney and has never been offered for sale since he bought it. ''Record Collector'' magazine listed the guide price at £200,000 in issue 408 (December 2012). McCartney had some "reissues" pressed in 1981 on UK 10” 78 RPM and 7” 45 RPM, in reproduction Parlophone sleeves, 25 copies of each, these are estimated to be worth upwards of £10,000 each (Record Collector 382).〔http://www.kvart-bolge.com/#!Remarkable-Vinyl-The-Dawn-of-the-Beatles/c1rr6/557881940cf2e4994fbe53a9〕 # Elvis Presley's My Happiness acetate was purchase by Jack White for $300,000 in January 2015, according to ''Record Collector'' 437. It was then re released on Record Store Day 2015 by Third Man Records. # A fully signed copy of The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper" LP sold for $290,500 (£190,000) in 2013 (Heritage Auctions, Record Collector 414). Normal copies of records involving famous people can often rocket in price when autographed, as for example in the case of a copy of John Lennon & Yoko Ono – ''Double Fantasy'' (Geffen US Album, 1980), autographed by Lennon five hours before his murder. This sold in 1999 for $150,000.〔http://www.kvart-bolge.com/#!The-Most-Valuable-Album-Ever-And-the-Amazing-Story-Behind-it/c1rr6/55747e080cf219f1772c8e84〕 # Original master tapes of historic recordings can fetch very high prices at auction. A tape of The Quarrymen performing live sold for £78,500 (Dogget & Hodgson, ''Christie's Rock And Pop Memorabilia'', 2003). Other high prices for obscure Beatles-related tapes include $30,000 at Bonham's in 2008 for a recording of John Lennon singing at a party in 1973 (Record Collector 360, March 2009). # The earliest known tape of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards rehearsing fetched £50,250 at auction (Dogget & Hodgson). # Record Collector 353 (September 2008) reported tapes of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1968 Woburn Music Festival performance selling for £48,050 at Christie's. # The Silver Beatles Decca audition tape fetched £35,000 at auction (The Telegraph, 4 December 2012). # The Beatles - "Love Me Do" (EMI) one-sided acetate, the only unedited version with count-in - estimated at $50,000-$100,000 in Record Collector 404 (August 2012). # A Michael Jackson "What More Can I Give" studio reference CD sold on eBay for $50,000 in 2015, as reported in ''Record Collector'' 442. # Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull – "Original Stack O’Lee Blues" (Black Patti, US 78–rpm in plain sleeve, 1927). $50,000 offered to Joe Bussard, according to Amanda Petrusich's ''Do Not Sell At Any Price''. # The Beatles – ''Yesterday and Today'' (Capitol, US Album in ‘butcher’ sleeve, 1966). $47,500 for mint "first state" stereo copies.〔()〕 Other pressings/states are also available, in both mono and stereo with prices ranging from $150 to $10,000.〔(Scrap that recording, it'll become an instant classic ), ''Guardian Unlimited'', accessed 2007-07-21〕 # An acetate version of The Beatles' "Please Please Me" album from the US on Vee-Jay (1963) had a £30,000+ offer refused on it (Record Collector 342, November 2007). # The Daily Mirror and other sources reported a Rare Record Price Guide story in April 2015 that a David A. Stewart 'Test' 78 from 1965 was worth £30,00. # A copy of Joseph Beuys' 100-only 'multiple' reel-to-reel edition of "Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee" album from 1969 was valued at over £30,000 according to Record Collector 430 (2014). # A test pressing of Aphex Twin's Caustic Window album sold for $46,300 on eBay in 2014. # Frank Wilson – "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" (SOUL#35019, US 7” 45–rpm in plain sleeve, 1966). One of two known copies of this Northern soul classic fetched over £25,000 (approx. $37,000) in May 2009. Northern soul is a highly collectible area, based around obscure American soul singles.〔() the soulsurvivor.co.uk, accessed 2007-21-07〕 # Pink Floyd "King Bee"/"Lucy Leave" acetate valued at £25,000 in Record Collector 417. # A copy of Tommy Johnson's "Alcohol and Jake Blues" 78 sold for $37,100 on eBay in 2013 (http://www.fuse.tv/2013/10/why-i-paid-37100-for-one-record ). # A copy of The Beatles' "Please Please Me" LP (the Parlophone stereo version with the black and gold label, which regularly sells for over £1,000) sold in 2009 for £22,322 (Record Collector 368, November 2009). # Bob Dylan – ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' (CBS, US album, stereo 1963, featuring 4 tracks deleted from subsequent releases), $35,000.〔 # The Beatles – ''The Beatles'' (Parlophone UK album, 1968) - an advance copy number A0000001, was sold by US Heritage Auctions for $35,000 in August 2013 (Record Collector 419). # Jean Michel Jarre - "Music for Supermarkets" (Disques Dreyfus, France, FDM 18113), Only one copy of this LP exists. It is auctioned for 36,000FR (approx. $14,000 at the time, or about $30,000 in 2010) in Paris in 1983. # Velvet Underground & Nico – ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' (US Album acetate, in plain sleeve, 1966 with alternate versions of tracks from official release). Estimate $40,000+. Sold on eBay, December 9, 2006, for $155,401. However bids were fake and record was relisted. Final selling price was $25,200.〔(Popsike.com Most valuable records ), Popsike.com, accessed 2007-07-21〕 # John Lennon & Yoko Ono – ''Wedding Album'' - USA Capitol LP acetate with handwritten sleeve notes, 1969 and offered for $25,000 at Forevervinyl.com. Recent find and possibly the only acetate available of this record. # Elvis Presley – ("Stay Away, Joe" ) (US, RCA Victor UNRM-9408, 1967). Single-sided promotional album of which only one well-publicized copy is known to exist, and it came directly from Presley's personal collection.〔(Jerry Osborne picks valuable records ), ''Spirit'' magazine, accessed 2007-07-21〕 Valued at $25,000+.〔() Howstuffworks.com, accessed 2012-03-01〕 # The Five Sharps – "Stormy Weather" (US, Jubilee 5104, 78 RPM, 1953). $25,000 offered to David Hall of Good Rockin' Tonight.〔(Ultimate Doo-Wop record ) Doo-Wop Society of Southern California, accessed 2007-07-21〕 # The Hornets – "I Can't Believe" (US, States 127, 78–rpm, 1953). $25,000.〔(Good Rockin' Tonight ) Good Rockin' Tonight〕 # The Beatles' "Ask Me Why" 1964 promo single (6-10 copies) was estimated at $25,000 by http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2013/10/22/15-of-the-most-valuable-rare-rock-records # ''Billy Ward & His Dominoes'' (Federal, 295-94, US 10” album, 1954), sold at Good Rockin' Tonight's August 4–5, 1999 'Ultra Rarities' auction for $24,200. ==See also== *List of notable record collectors *Record collecting 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of the most valuable records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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