Glasgow vinyl collectors have been told to look out for records that could be worth over £5,000.
It was revealed last year that vinyl sales have overtaken CDs for the first time in 35 years with sales of vinyl growing for the past 15 years, reaching £116.8m this year.
It comes ahead of National Record Store Day, set to take place on Saturday, April 22 - and you could have some gems lying around which could be worth a fair bit.
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Carrington Dean, Scotland’s debt specialist, used eBay purchasing data to reveal how much popular records have been auctioned off for over the last six months.
The Beatles took the top spot with their 1963 pressing of Please Please Me, with fans paying up to £5,100 for an original copy . When initially released, the Fab Four’s first album held the number one place in the charts for 30 weeks.
David Bowie’s Space Oddity and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon followed behind at £3,200 and £3,150.
It seems that, unsurprisingly, nostalgic music still proves popular with big 60’s artists such as David Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Who and Led Zeppelin are still topping the table of the most valuable pressings, averaging at £3,216.
The most valuable vinyl records that could be on your shelf
Rank |
Record |
Release |
Year |
Recently sold price |
1 |
The Beatles - Please Please Me |
Album |
1963 |
£5,100.00 |
2 |
David Bowie - Space Oddity |
Single |
1969 |
£3,200.00 |
3 |
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon |
Album |
1973 |
£3,151.00 |
4 |
Beyonce - How To Make Lemonade |
Boxset |
2016 |
£2,750.00 |
5 |
David Bowie – The Deram Anthology |
Album |
1967 |
£2,700.00 |
6 |
The Beatles - The Beatles White Album |
Album |
1968 |
£2,650.00 |
7 |
The Who - Zoot Suit |
Single |
1964 |
£2,500.00 |
8 |
Led Zeppelin – 1 |
Album |
1969 |
£2,400.00 |
9 |
Elvis Presley - Christmas Album |
Album |
1957 |
£2,111.55 |
10 |
Elvis Presley - Milkcow Blues Boogie |
Single |
1954 |
£2,100.00 |
11 |
Paul McCartney - McCartney |
Album |
1970 |
£1,999.99 |
12 |
Led Zeppelin - 2 |
Album |
1969 |
£1,636.37 |
13 |
Santana - Abraxas |
Album |
1970 |
£1,450.00 |
14 |
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin |
Album |
1963 |
£1,440.57 |
15 |
Elvis Presley - Money Honey |
Album |
1957 |
£1,424.43 |
16 |
Queen - Night at the Opera |
Album |
1975 |
£1,415.34 |
17 |
The Beatles - Revolver |
Album |
1966 |
£1,341.00 |
18 |
Lady Gaga - Born this way |
Album |
2011 |
£1,300.00 |
19 |
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited |
Album |
1965 |
£1,121.62 |
20 |
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for destruction |
Album |
1987 |
£1,035.39 |
Layla Johnson, regional manager at Carrington Dean said: “National Record Store Day is a celebration of independent record stores and the unique culture they promote. It’s an opportunity to appreciate the value of physical music, support local businesses and as the research shows their popularity is still going strong.
“Often left on display or tucked away in a box, the value of records is constantly changing and evolving. Whether you’re strapped for cash or are just curious about how much you could fetch for your old records, it may be worth taking those old pressings down to your local record store to see how much they are worth and potentially gain a nice bonus during these challenging times.”
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