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Long ‘Cleve’ Reed & Harvey Hull–Down Home Boys Original Stack O’ Lee Blues / Mama You Don’t Know How (1927) [Single]
There is only one known copy of this 1927 blues 78.
Value: $30,000 – $60,000
Frank Wilson Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) / Sweeter as the Days Go By (1965) [Single]
There are only two known copies of this Northern soul single.
NM Value: $20,000 – $35,000
Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan [withdrawn version] (1963)
Incredibly rare version of the US version (stereo) which features four songs left off all subsequent releases (“Rocks and Gravel,” “Let Me Die in My Footsteps,” “Gamblin’ Willie’s Dead Man’s Hand,” and “Talkin’ John Birch Blues”).
NM Value: $20,000 – $30,000
Tommy Johnson Alcohol and Jake Blues / Ridin’ Horse (1930) [Single]
There are only three known copies of this blues 78.
VG+ Value: $30,000
The Beatles Ask Me Why / Anna (1964) [Single]
There are rumored to be only six to ten known copies of this promotional item.
NM Value: $25,000
The Beatles Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (1962) [Single]
The UK promo copy of The Beatles’ first single. Paul McCartney is credited as “McArtney.” Limited to 250 copies.
NM Value: $15,000 – $20,000
The Beatles Please Please Me (1963)
The first stereo pressing of Please Please Me on Parlophone with the gold and black “STEREO” on the label and “Dick James Mus. Co.” credits is highly sought after.
NM value: $15,000 – $20,000
Five Sharps Stormy Weather / Sleepy Cowboy (1952) [Single]
Only three known copies of this doo-wop number.
NM Value: $10,000 – $20,000
The Hornets Lonesome Baby / I Can’t Believe (1953) [Single]
Rare doo-wop 45 on red vinyl.
NM Value: $10,000 – $20,000
Jean Michel Jarre Musique pour supermarché (1983)
Only one copy of this was pressed. It was subsequently played on French radio, then the master tapes were destroyed.
NM Value: $5,000 – $20,000 Sex Pistols God Save the Queen / No Feeling (1977) [Single]
Cancelled single for A&M Records. Only 10 to 15 copies exist.
NM Value: $12,000 – $20,000 The Rolling Stones Street Fighting Man / No Expectations (1968) [Single]
The U.S. picture sleeve for this great RS single was pulled after the label deemed it too controversial on the heels of the 1968 Democratic convention. Apparently 10 to 20 copies exist.
NM Value $7,500 – $17,500 The Beatles Hear The Beatles Tell All (1964)
The promotional copy for this Beatles interview LP, with a white label and blue print, is extremely rare. It is estimated that 10 copies or less still exist.
NM Value: $10,000 – $15,000 The Beatles “Yesterday”…and Today (1966)
The stereo version of the “Butcher Cover,” as it is known, is far more difficult to find than other variants of this highly sought-after record.
NM Value: $7,000 – $15,000 Long “Cleve” Reed & Little Harvey Hull (The Down Home Boys) Gang of Brown Skin Women / Don’t You Leave Me Here (1927) [Single]
Another Reed and Hull 78 on the Black Patti label of which only one known copy is said to still exist.
NM Value: $10,000 – $15,000 Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers My Bonnie / The Saints (1962) [Single]
The variation of Decca US 31382 with the black label and rainbow colored bars credited to “Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers” is exceedingly hard to find and is notable for being the first major label release with The Beatles on it.
NM Value: $15,000
The issue pictured above is not nearly as hard to find, but still highly collectible.
NM Value: $2,500 Billy Nicholls Would You Believe (1968)
Apparently only 100 copies were made of the initial pressing of this psych-rock record. Features studio musicians from the Small Faces and John Paul Jones.
NM Value: $5,000 – $13,500 The Beatles Introducing… The Beatles (1964)
Famous state-side release of Beatles music before Beatlemania (and before Capitol Records got their mitts on them). There are several valuable variations, the most valuable of which are “stereophonic” versions with “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” (known as “Version 1” on the track listing instead of “Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why.” BUYER’S BEWARE!!! This is one of the most heavily bootlegged vinyl records in existence. If you think you have one, check with an expert to make sure you have the real deal and not a fake. Chances are you have a fake, though :(
1) Version 1 in stereo with columnated back cover; black rainbow label with oval around Vee Jay logo
NM Value: $6,000 – $12,500
2) Version 1 in stereo with ad on back cover for other Vee Jay titles; black rainbow label with oval around Vee Jay logo
NM Value: $5,000 – $10,000
3) Version 1 in stereo with blank back cover; black rainbow label with oval around Vee Jay logo
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500
4) Version 1 in mono with ad on back cover for other Vee Jay titles; black rainbow label with oval around Vee Jay logo
NM Value: $1,500 – $3,000
5) Version 2 in mono with columnated back cover; black label with brackets showing tracks from Version 1
NM Value: $1,500 – $3,000 The Beatles / Frank Ifield The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage (1964)
Stereo variations of the cover (with “Stereo” appearing above “Englands’ Greatest Recording Stars”) are exceedingly rare, are several early Beatles records released in the U.S. on the Vee Jay label.
NM Value: $12,500 The Beatles The Beatles [White Album] (1968)
This UK export edition of The White Album with the yellow and black Parlophone labels is another highly sought after Beatles record. This one is especially challenging because of its laminated top-loading cover and inserts (a poster and four portraits). There are versions pressed by Decca Records as well (with a ridged surface around the label).
NM Value: $2,000 – $12,000 Robert Johnson Me and the Devil Blues / Little Queen of Spades (1938) [Single]
One of many much sought-after Robert Johnson 78s.
NM Value: $6,000 – $12,000 Stonewall Stonewall (1976)
This tax scam release on the Tiger Lily label (run by Morris Levy of Roulette Records) is the holy grail of “tax scam” records. Only five are currently known to exist.
NM Value: $5,000 – $12,000 Elvis Presley That’s All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954) [Single]
Elvis Presley’s first commercially produced single, released on Sun Records on a 45 RPM 7″.
NM Value: $7,500 – $11,000 The Misfits Horror Business (1979) [EP]
First pressing on black vinyl was limited to 25 copies.
NM Value: $2,500 – $10,000 Junior McCants Try Me for Your New Love / She Wrote It – I Read It (1967) [Single]
Northern soul record that was withdraw because the artist died not long after the session. A few promotional copies slipped out to radio stations. A Billy Ward 45 using the same ID number was released in its place.
NM Value: $5,000 – $10,000 Satya Sai Maitreya Kali Apache / Inca (1972) [Compilation]
Only three copies of this private press two-LP compilation are known to exist.
NM Value: $5,000 – $10,000 Max Steiner The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Extremely rare soundtrack album that was not authorized for release after complaints from the movie company. Supposedly less than 10 still exist.
NM Value: $5,000 – $10,000 J.D. Bryant Walk On In / I Won’t Be Coming Back (1966) [Single]
The rarest of the soul 45s released on the DC-based Shrine Records label.
NM Value: $5,000 – $9,000 The Counts Peaches Baby / My Only Love (1967) [Single]
Possibly the rarest Shine Records release, with only few copies said to exist.
Value: $9,000 U2 All I Want Is You (1989) [Single]
There are only three to five known copies of this Australian misprint on green vinyl.
NM Value: $2,500 – $10,000 The White Stripes Lafayette Blues / Sugar Never Tasted So Good (1998) [Single]
There is an issue of The White Stripes’ first record limited to 15 numbered copies which were sold at an early White Stripes show in 1998. They feature hand-painted covers by Italy Records founder Dave Buick and were pressed on white vinyl.
NM Value: $5,000 – $10,000
An edition of 40 on pink vinyl was also issued. They come with several inserts, including a French Franc note.
NM Value: $1,500 – $3,000 U2 Pride (In the Name of Love) (1984) [Single]
Only five copies of Australian 12″ were pressed on clear vinyl.
NM Value: $4,000 – $9,000 Eddie Parker I’m Gone / Crying Clown (1966) [Single]
Extremely rare and highly sought after Northern Soul 45.
NM Value: $4,000 – $8,000 The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There (1964) [Single]
Promotional picture sleeve with “WMCA Good Guys” printed on B-side of cover. According to Cox and Daniels’ Price Guide for The Beatles American Records, less than a 1,000 copies were printed and few exist.
NM Value: $7,500 The Beatles From Me to You (1964) [EP]
Known as the “sandwich” EP, this french Beatles EP, with the Fabs dressed as cops and brandishing sandwiches, was withdrawn quickly after release.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Bowie Diamond Dogs (1974)
RCA decided to pull this version of the cover, in which Bowie is displayed with “dog genitals” on the reverse side of the gatefold. Only a handful of these got out. Most copies feature the offending “jewels” airbrushed out or darkened.
NM Value: $2,500 – $7,500 Larry Clinton She’s Wanted (In Three States) / If I Knew (1967) [Single]
Stock copies of this Northern soul obscurity are quite scare.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Complex Complex (1970)
UK psych-prog album limited to 99 copies. Very hard to find in great shape because of the hand-made nature of the cover.
NM Value: $1,500 – $7,500 Dark Round the Edges (1972)
Prog rock album from the early 1970s limited to only 50 copies.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 The Del-Larks Job Opening Pt. 1 (1964) [Single]
The standard issue of this Del-Larks single (with “Bell Sound” stamped in wax) is another example of a very hard to find Northern soul 45.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Depeche Mode Music for the Masses (1987)
Withdrawn cover for Music for the Masses. Somewhere between 5 and 15 copies made it into circulation.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 A Fleeting Glance A Fleeting Glance (1970)
Supposedly less than five copies of this private press prog rock album from 1970 exist.
NM Value: $2,500 – $7,500 Don Gardner Cheatin Kind / What Now My Love (1969) [Single]
Extremely rare Northern soul 45″.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Mississippi John Hurt Frankie / Nobody’s Dirty Business (1928) [Single]
Mississippi John Hurt’s first 78 RPM record of the Okeh label is especially difficult to find in excellent shape.
NM Value: $2,500 – $7,500
Most of Hurt’s singles for the Okeh label are similarly price in higher grades, especially the following items:
Blessed Be the Name / Praying on the Old Camp Ground – NM Value: $1,500 – $3,000
Avalon Blues / Ain’t No Tellin’ – NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 Robert Johnson I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom / Dead Shrimp Blues (1937) [Single]
Early Robert Johnson 78.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Robert Johnson Come On in My Kitchen / They’re Red Hot (1937) [Single]
Another sought-after Robert Johnson 78.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Robert Johnson Hell Hound on My Trail / From Four Until Late (1937) [Single]
Another highly collectible Robert Johnson 78, this one featuring one of his most famous songs.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Robert Johnson Malted Milk / Milkcow’s Calf Blues (1937) [Single]
Yet another scarce and highly sought-after Robert Johnson 78.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope (1969)
Incredibly rare psych album released on a Mexican record label.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 Leaf Hound Growers of Mushroom (1971)
Rare prog rock album.
NM Value: $5,000 – $7,500 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin (1969)
Rare variant with LED ZEPPELIN in turquoise letters on the upper-left front cover.
NM Value: $5,000 – $7,500 Gwen Owens Just Say You’re Wanted (And Needed) / Still True to You (1967) [Single]
A few dozen copies are likely to exist of this Northern soul 45 (the 2011 reissue is pictured).
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500
White label promo:
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 The Quarrymen That’ll Be the Day / In Spite of All the Danger (1981) [Single]
This is a replica made under the direction of Paul McCartney of the very first Beatles-related recording. Only one copy of the original acetate exists of this demo made by The Quarrymen, a group that included a young George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. McCartney had 50 copies made for friends and family. It is often speculated that the original acetate is the most valuable record in existence.
NM Value: $3,500 – $7,500 The Bachs Out of the Bachs (1968)
Private press garage rock album from 1968. Probably 100 copies or so were made.
NM Value: $2,000 – $6,000 The Beatles Yellow Submarine (1969)
Rare export edition on the Odeon label. Apparently only 300 copies were made.
NM Value: $4,000 – $6,000 John English III I Need You Near / Some People (1965) [Single]
Incredibly rare early garage rock 45 from 1965.
NM Value: $3,000 – $6,000 Hot Shot Love Wolf Call Boogie / Harmonica Jam (1954) [Single]
A 7″ 45 rpm version of this rare Sun Records single is high sought after.
NM Value: $3,000 – $6,000 Magnetics Lady in Green / Heart You’re Made of Stone (1965) [Single]
Obscure small press Northern soul 45.
NM Value: $3,000 – $6,000 Hank Mobley Hank Mobley (1958)
A holy grail for collectors of records produced by the Blue Note label. This is an original mono pressing with the text “47 West -63rd New York 23” appearing on Side Two.
NM Value: $3,500 – $6,000 The Rolling Stones A Special Radio Promotion Album in Limited Editon (1969) [Compilation]
Apparently 200 copies of this promotional item exist.
NM Value: $3,000 – $6,000 Johann Strauss Waltzes by Johann Strauss Jr. (1956) [EP]
Early cover art by Andy Warhol.
NM Value: $4,000 – $6,000 Paul McCartney Put It There
Only six copies of this promo exist. The rest were destroyed. Capitol ultimately released this as a “cassingle.”
NM Value: $1,750 – $5,500 Chet Atkins My Brother Sings (1958)
One of the rarest country albums ever produced. Reportedly pulled at the last moment by RCA, few copies exist.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 Boards of Canada —— / —— / —— / XXXXXX / —— / —— (2013) [Single]
Only two copies known to exist of this 40 second long promo disc.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 David Bowie Time / The Prettiest Star (1973) [Single]
The value here is for the extremely rare picture sleeve for the US edition of this Bowie 45.
NM Value: $2,000 – $5,000 Brute Force King of Fuh / Nobody Knows (1969) [Single]
Novelty record put out by The Beatles’ Apple Records label that was never officially released because it contained an obscenity.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 Dr. Z Three Parts to My Soul (1971)
Rumor has it that this prog-rock release was limited to less than 100 copies.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 Alton Ellis Mouth a Massey / Ska Beat (1965) [Single]
Rare early ska record. Comes in black and red vinyl variations.
NM Value: $1,000 – $2,000 (black vinyl)
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 (red vinyl) Forever Amber The Love Cycle (1969)
Only 99 copies of this UK psychedelic album were pressed.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 George Harrison Love Comes to Everyone / Soft Touch (1979) [Single]
Extremely rare picture sleeve that was withdrawn shortly after being circulated.
NM Value: $5,000 Elton John I’ve Been Loving You (1968) [EP]
Early Elton John EP only released in Portugal.
NM Value: $2,000 – $5,000 Led Zeppelin Classic Records Road Case (2006) [Compilation]
48 vinyl LP set of Led Zeppelin’s complete discography, all at 45 rpm, in sturdy “road case.”
NM Value: $3,000 – $5,000 Mammut Mammut (1971)
Private press Krautrock album from 1971.
NM Value: $1,500 – $5,000 Misfits Legacy of Brutality (1985) [Compilation]
A pink vinyl edition exists. Only 16 copies were made.
NM Value: $2,000 – $5,000 Olivia Newton-John Xanadu (1980) [Single]
Only 20 to 30 copies of this rare promotional 10″ picture disc promoting the single “Xanadu” are said to exist.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 Elvis Presley Speedway (1968)
Mono copies of this late-era Elvis Presley soundtrack album (LPM 3989) were released in very limited copies. Around 300 were said to have been pressed. Top-value copies include a red sticker on the shrink-wrap and a full color photo of Elvis Presley.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 Al Scott You’re Too Good / What Happened to Yesterday [Single]
Rare variant of Northern soul recording typically credited to “Mr. Soul” rather than Al Scott.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 The Sloths Makin’ Love / You Mean Everything (1966) [Single]
Early garage rock 45 by teen group. Extremely rare picture sleeve really boasts the value of this already hard-to-find single.
NM Value: $2,000 – $5,000 Bruce Springsteen Point Blank / Ramrod (1981) [Single]
Only six to ten copies of this Dutch single are known to exist.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 The Tomangoes I Really Love You / You’ve Been Gone So Long (1966) [Single]
Hard to find Northern soul 45.
NM Value: $2,500 – $5,000 Ultra Violet Ultra Violet (1973)
One of several collectible, scarce album covers designed by Andy Warhol.
NM Value: $2,000 – $5,000 XTC Science Friction / She’s So Square (1977) [Single]
Supposedly less than 50 copies of this 7″ exist with picture sleeve. It was withdrawn after the group decided to release it as a 12″.
NM Value: $2,000 – $5,000 The Beatles Something / Come Together (1969) [Single]
Incredibly scarce promotional copy (“DEMONSTRATION RECORD”) for “Something” / “Come Together” on the Parlophone label. Examples with the center hole still intact are especially sought after.
NM Value: $2,500 – $4,500 Bowie Rebel Rebel / Lady Grinning Soul (1974) [Single]
Very rare Mexican pressing of “Rebel Rebel” single with Diamond Dogs artwork on cover.
NM Value: $1,500 – $4,500 The Can Monster Movie (1969)
Original private press issue of [The] Can’s debut album Monster Movie. Only 500 copies were pressed.
NM Value: $3,000 – $4,500 Jutta Hipp Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims (1957)
Sought after Blue Note record with Lexington Ave. address on back cover.
NM Value: $1,500 – $4,500 Judge Chung King Can Suck It (1989)
Only 110 copies were pressed of this album of rough takes by the New York hardcore punk band Judge. All were pressed on white vinyl.
NM Value: $1,500 – $4,500 Jackie McLean Presenting… (1956)
Rare first album by Jackie McLean on the Ad-Lib label.
NM Value: $3,000 – $4,500 Necros Sex Drive (1981) [EP]
Punk single was the first issued by Touch N’ Go Records. Limited to 100 copies.
NM Value: $2,500 – $4,500 Opus The Atrocity / Good Procedures (1979) [Single]
Ultra-rare early LA punk 7″. Apparently around a dozen copies still exist in a rarer yellow sleeve stock version and a white cover stock variant.
NM Value: $4,500 Ray Agee Hard Loving Woman / I’m Losing Again (1969) [Single]
Rare Northern soul/blues 7″ from 1967.
NM Value: $3,000 – $4,000 Folkal Point Folkal Point (1971)
Rare UK folk album on the Midas label. About 250 copies exist after half were damaged in a flood.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
A rare UK export edition of Abbey Road exists with a yellow and black Parlophone Records label and the catalog number PPCS 7088. Some have a gold sticker on the back cover.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 Bill Dennis I’ll Never Let You Get Away / Poor Little Fool (1966) [Single]
Rare soul 45 from the Shrine Records label.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 Grannie Grannie (1971)
Less than 100 handmade copies were produced of this album by the UK psych/hard rock band Grannie.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 D.A. Hunt Lonesome Old Jail / Greyhound Blues (1953) [Single]
Rare one-off blues record put out by Sun Records.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 Tommy Johnson Canned Heat Blues / Big Fat Mama Blues (1929) [Single]
Tommy Johnson’s most (in-)famous single can fetch some big bucks.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 Roland Kirk Triple Threat (1956)
Rare King Records pressing of Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s first album from 1956.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000 Madonna Erotica [Album Version] / Erotica [Instrumental] / Erotica [Radio Edit] (1992) [Single]
Withdrawn picture disc. Somewhere between 100 and 150 copies were made.
NM Value: $1,500 – $4,000 Lou Pride I’m Com’un Home in the Morn’un / I’m Not Thru Lov’un You (1965) [Single]
Rare first single by the teenaged El Paso singer Lou Pride.
NM Value: $2,000 – $4,000
