22 Rare Vinyl Records Worth Big Money
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Vinyl records have been making a comeback over the last few years, but we aren't here to talk about the latest LP in our collection. Rather, we want to point out the ones that—should you find them in your collection—well, they could be worth some big bucks.
The Quarrymen: In Spite Of All The Danger/That'll Be The Day (1958)
Before The Beatles, before Ringo Starr even—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison were The Quarrymen, and they released a two-track, 10-inch record. Now, originally there was but one copy of this thing. Then McCartney bought it and put out 50 more albums—giving them as Christmas gifts to family and friends.
Should you, or anyone in your family, have been one of these friends, and have a copy lying around...Well, they've sold in the past for anywhere from $13,000 to $260,000.
The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
The debut, self-titled album by The Velvet Underground & Nico is already famous for its banana peel cover art by pop-art icon Andy Warhol. But wait, don't get too excited just yet. Because every album has the Warhol banana on it. The one you're looking for has a banana peel that you can literally peel off.
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The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico
The earliest version of the record had the peelable banana, while almost all the reissues didn't. Which makes those peelable ones very rare...and very valuable.
In fact, in 2002, a record collector named Warren Hill bought one of these rare albums at a flew market for 75 cents. He, and obviously the person selling the record, had no idea it was so rare. Hill would eventually throw it up on eBay and sell it for $25,200. Talk about profit margin!
Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
Bob Dylan's second album features such classic songs as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". But if your version of the album also has "Rocks and Gravel", "Let Me Die in My Footsteps", "Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand", and "Talkin' John Birch Blues"—then you could have tens of thousands of dollars coming your way.
