{"id":8437,"date":"2021-04-19T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T08:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/?p=8437"},"modified":"2021-04-19T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T08:22:10","slug":"sitting-on-a-vinyl-gold-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/sitting-on-a-vinyl-gold-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitting on a vinyl gold mine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long before the days of iTunes, Spotify,<\/em> CDs and cassettes, there was something called a vinyl record. There were three types \u2013 a 78, 45 or 33 \u2013 and these discs captured and reproduced the music of the day to the delight of millions.<\/h2>\n

And although an active global vinyl market flourishes, the halcyon days of yesteryear are long gone, with many most people under the age of 40 unable to comprehend what picture discs and while vinyl actually are!<\/p>\n

Yet there is tremendous value in some vinyl records \u2013 up to \u00a31.5 million in one celebrated case. So Sorted<\/em> has taken a look around and if you happen to own some of the records we have dug up, you might just be sitting on a goose that could have the ability of laying you a golden egg\u2026<\/p>\n

Wu-Tang Clan \u2013 Once Upon a Time in Shaolin<\/h3>\n

Value: \u00a31.5 million<\/h4>\n

This is the most valuable record in the entire world, which belongs to a hip-hop outfit, the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. This metal record could be purchased by anyone, provided that it would not be resold for an entire century! This requirement made it a hotly contested \u2018cultural artifact\u2019.<\/p>\n

Elvis Presley \u2013 My Happiness<\/h3>\n

Value: \u00a3200,000+<\/h4>\n

The King began his lengthy musical journey with My Happiness, and seeing as it was his first record, you can bet that it is worth more money than most people could hope to earn in their lives. The last time a pristine copy was sold, it went for just over \u00a3200,000 in a December 2015 auction.<\/p>\n

The Beatles \u2013 Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/h3>\n

Value: \u00a3200,000<\/h4>\n

If you thought that one Beatles member\u2019s signature was worth a fortune, then you can be sure that adding the rest of their names to a record\u2019s cover will inflate its value astronomically.<\/p>\n

John Lennon & Yoko Ono \u2013 Double Fantasy<\/h3>\n

Value: \u00a3100,000<\/h4>\n

This was one of the few albums that John Lennon and Yoko Ono managed to put together before the former Beatles member was tragically murdered, and he signed one copy only hours prior to the horrifying event. It was last sold in 1999.<\/p>\n

Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hill \u2013 Original Stack O\u2019Lee Blues (78 rpm)<\/h3>\n

Value: \u00a340,000<\/h4>\n

When there only happens to be one copy of a famous record, you can bet that its value will be massive. This record\u2019s worth is also boosted due to it being produced in as a 78 rpm disc, having been among the first to be captured using electronic recording technology.<\/p>\n

Darrell Banks \u2013 Open The Door To Your Heart\/Our Love (Is In The Pocket)<\/h3>\n

Value: \u00a320,000<\/h4>\n

Darrel Banks lived a short but successful life, dying at the tender age of just 32. He had one major hit in his limited time as a producer, and this disc is highly sought after.<\/p>\n

Other records worth a small fortune include:<\/p>\n

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  • Jean-Michel Jarre \u2013 Music for Supermarkets: \u00a323,000<\/li>\n
  • Junior McCants \u2013 Try Me For Your New Love \/ She Wrote It I Read It: \u00a310,000.<\/li>\n
  • Dark \u2013 Dark Round The Edges: $12,000<\/li>\n
  • Ferris Wheel \u2013 Supernatural Girl: \u00a312,000<\/li>\n
  • Genesis \u2013 The Silent Sun\/That\u2019s Me! (1980): \u00a33,500.<\/li>\n
  • The Who, The Who Sell Out (1967): \u00a3850<\/li>\n
  • Led Zeppelin \u2013 Led Zeppelin (1969): \u00a3800<\/li>\n
  • Miles Davis \u2013 Kind of Blue (1959): \u00a3800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Long before the days of iTunes, Spotify, CDs and cassettes, there was something called a vinyl record. There were three types \u2013 a 78, 45 or 33 \u2013 and these discs captured and reproduced the music of the day to the delight of millions. And although an active global vinyl market flourishes, the halcyon days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-content","category-homepage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8441,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437\/revisions\/8441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}