Why Are Some Records Worth More Than Others? How To Determine the Value of Vinyl Records! 

Don't worry about how much your collection is worth, just enjoy the music.

another reason: records released in the 90s are more rare because vinyl was such a niche at the time

Damm bro turn up the volume I rocked hard in the early 70's I'm 63 now.

At the record store I work at, we bought this giant collection of records. Ad there was some good, somewhat valuable things in there. And yet the most valuable thing in the collection was a dog training record, that on average was about 150 dollars on discogs. No clue why it was worth that much, but it still gave us a good laugh.

The Master Of Reality album on Vertigo also had a folded poster inside...It hung on my wall as a teenager in '71...

I have a friend that would scour thrift stores, junk shops, yard sales and antique shops looking for strange private pressed gospel albums. In particular, albums that had some of the most gaudy looking cover photos. He would either sell or trade them to a few private collectors for good profit. What a few of these private collectors considered valuable is something most people would probably not spend a quarter for. I enjoyed this video Dillon. Hope you can reopen the store soon. Thanks...

That Lynrd Skynrd album can safely be used as a coaster or oil catch under your old car.

Sometimes with really obscure stuff, it's hard to tell what will have any value. Sometimes the weirdest records that no one would bat an eye at if they saw in a flea market, end up being worth like 200 bucks for some reason.

Very spot on video. Here’s my example. I have 3 vinyl copies of Black Sabbath Vol.4 - one of my favourite albums of all time. I have owned 4. My first was around 1976 when I was 15. It was the gatefold with the booklet which I played on my parents’ system off a Goldring Lenco deck through Scan-Dyna speakers. Tastes changed I needed money and it was sold. Maybe 5 years later bought a Nems label copy for maybe £2 -creased sleeve but vinyl fine: sound quality godawful which I then assumed had always been the case. Fast forward and I bought a Universal gatefold release with the booklet kind of half reproduced on the inner sleeve with some history. Made for the resurgent vinyl market and (playing this copy now via Rega deck, Creek Destiny amp and Epos speakers) clearly ‘mastered’ from digital sources and still flat. Then 3 years ago I was in Birmingham, England and toured the record shops. At Swordfish Records was a 1st press of Vol.4! Woo. Not only that it was mint. Guy in the shop said ‘we see hundreds of these but they are almost always bashed up and scratched’. Well being careful with records wasn’t really the way: taking them to parties, skinning up on them, dropping them, drunk people skating needles over them etc. But this was peachy. I paid £80. I had my youth back at a price. BUT even better when I put it on the LP I had come to think was crapily recorded it was actually a total musical production and pressing MONSTER. Worth every pound spent :) Now I’m taking this Universal release off and playing the real deal...

I appreciate this a lot. I used to work at a record store and had to field a lot of the same questions and scenarios. No, Elvis records usually aren't worth a ton. No, that Street Survivors isn't particularly rare. One thing I would tell people is that typically local stuff is what we would like them to bring in. If they had a friend who was in a Garage band in the 60s and pressed a few 45s, we'd like to see it and not the beat up Sgt. Peppers album. (Boy, the amount of times people would try to sell us beat up copies of that record for 50 dollars is too much) It's pretty simple, it's just supply and demand. If they're a huge selling artist like the Beatles or Michael Jackson, more likely than not it's not some crazy expensive thing.

I found a copy of elvis moody blue on black vinyl at a flea market for 2$ and i have the skynyrd flames cover on 8-track lol.

A couple of general comments: 1. Ultra-rare and valuable records with condition problems can definitely be worth a lot, particularly if the problem is limited. I have a MoFi Help! that has a scratch across just one track - if a NM copy is $200, mine is probably $40-50. Also, old mono jazz records sometimes play much better than they look, particularly with an expensive mono cartridge. 2. There are a lot of strange fads - Dillon didn't even mention Northern Soul, which I really don't get. In the classical world, I once observed a crazy fad for 7" singles with picture sleeves by boy sopranos - it lasted about six months. The records sold for up to $500 on eBay. 3. Strange legal battles can really move the market. In the BritFolk world, everyone knows that when Bill Leader went bankrupt, someone bought the rights to his catalog, but never reissued any of the records, nor will they allow anyone else to do so. This means that the entire Nic Jones oeuvre is unavailable in any format, spiking prices. In classical, Urania famously issued a Furtwangler Beethoven Symphony #3, but then got sued by Furtwangler and had to recall the record - there are very few of those around.

the street survivors album with all the inserts can go for more than $20 easily because most of them aren't complete. But you're right the black album cover which is just the back of the album cover blown up seems to be more rare than the flames. It's just an interesting story surrounding the album. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines and Dean Kilpatrick are the people with the band who died in the crash. It's amazing more people didn't die.. the plane wasn't a tiny plane at all. I know some of the survivors and even have a tiny piece of the plane cut out into a guitar pick one of them gave me. It's a bit weird but since one of the survivors gave it to me I will cherish it in my collection of music history items. Another thing to note the plane ran out of gas so there was no fire which is why they all didn't die but the Gaines family wanted the cover changed because Steve is engulfed in flames on the cover of the album. Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the most popular band in the WORLD at the time not just the US when that plane went down. Had that plane not gone down they would be remembered so much differently it's a shame they don't get the credit they deserve. No thanks to the guys who still tour under the name doesn't help their legacy at all. These guys were amazing and deserve more recognition for the music they made. I'll leave it at that because I could go all day :)

What determines the price of newer records and reissues are labels pressing in "limited edition" numbers and flippers that buy them up and inflate the price online.

Added or deleted songs from various pressings can make a big difference. The first version of the KISS' first vinyl did not have "Kissing Time" on it and it is worth considerably more than one with it. If you have one without it, you have a first pressing. If you one with it, then you have a second + pressing. I might be wrong, but based on what I read, I think I am correct.

Great video again Dillon. You're right about drum breaks- that's a whole underworld of collecting, like library records. Hard to navigate. My signed og Highway 61 by Bob Dylan is worth a lot- super rare. But that is an exception like you said. Most autographs aren't worth a great deal. You're getting a lot of hits for these videos: keeping it interesting and fast moving- the perfect combination! Cheers, Alan

My Father in Law brought a crate of 78's home one day that he had picked up from an friend who was throwing them away. He was all happy thinking that since they were old, they would be worth a lot of money and that he could sell them a buy a new car. I researched the titles for him and had to tell him that the most expensive record he had out of the 30 records was only worth about $12. All the others were worth only $1 - $3 dollars.

Hey bud, you're clear, you're concise, you've got visual examples - you're a great resource for newbies and engaging for those in the middle of the pack (like me). You're doing a great service for the hobby/biz! I have in my possession a flawless copy of the Atom Heart Mother vinyl. Purple Capitol labels, US release. It showed up with no sleeve or jacket! Someone out there might be looking for a vinyl upgrade. How would you price such a piece given rarity, condition, but lack of packaging?

Awesome vid, man. Right on the money, figuratively and literally speaking. “I’ve got all these Elvis record at home” lol! I just sold a truly NM 1st copy of Metallica’s “RTL” on Megaforce from ‘84 for $300. I could’ve held out for more, but I could tell the guy really wanted it, and felt it was gonna truly get a great new home, although it was difficult to give up. I’ll NEVER see a cleaner copy. I shouldn’t say that, cuz this is record collecting, buying, and selling we’re talking about after all.

for me, the wonderful thing about music / collecting is the continual stream of new stuff - old stuff but not heard / newly discovered ... it's like finding a new seam of gold in the ground anyhow, i joined a thred on Twitter just last week and someone cited a classical LP worth £600 / $800 + - and so i did a bit of research and discovered a few other LPs worth £100 + and because i do boot fairs (people in a field selling old stuff) i will keep my eyes open - along with the gold buyers and antique dealers etc etc .... amazing what comes out tbh - i bought some lovely early 70s funk just last week .... but my main point (and i stand to be corrected) is that said classical LPs were all from the same label and all 1958 - 1960 ish ... the point being they all had stereo written in large letters along the top of the front covers i thought stereo began in 1962 - hence that first Beatles LP being worth a shed load of cash ... and maybe these LPs were for a certain market ie people with a lot of money to spend on stereo equipment when everyone else bought mono just googled it and sure enough - 1954 - first records sold were 1958 - hence the value ... and it dates to earlier in other formats as well

In the punk/hardcore world, there are often limited pressings on small labels that just don’t exist anymore. If there has never been a reissue it can be quite expensive. Especially if the band got famous later on a major label (Jimmy Eat World, Nirvana etc) or if they grew a cult audience by word of mouth after they broke up (Indian Summer, Teen Idols, SOA etc). A current white whale for me is the first album by the band The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower. First record had small pressings and discogs only shows 2 VG+ copies from Germany for over 70 bucks, even though they were an obscure San Diego punk band that existed from 2003 to 2006.

That inside of the gatefold on the cover of the jacket is sooo RADD An that blank side on the other side of the other houses of the holy made me laugh that's great😂😂

Always enjoy your videos! You know your stuff! 👍👍

I have a copy of Alice Cooper’s “Killer” on red vinyl but the metal parts that were used were for the “Easy Action” album. And “Easy Action” had the metal parts for the “Killer” album. One of the biggest cockups I’ve seen in my time collecting. Not sure what the market is like for those kinda niche pressing but out of the rare weirdo records I have, those are definitely it. I started to lose belief years ago that the original cover for “Street Survivors” was so rare because I would see OG copies in dollar bins and such. Plus when you use the cover for reissues and such, that can somewhat diminish the value. Very informative video Dillion, cheers!

@8:01 Fairport Convention UnHalfbricking - wow flashback time for me!

This was a good one!! We would get people coming into the antque shop with stuff thats not worth anything and think its worth $$$$ its something their mom or dad at at sears in the 70s and is just not an antque. Take care man

i purchased a copy of the beatles yesterday and today at i think sears in 1966 or 1967 i was 14 at the time ! the boys with the plastic dolls i thought was cute!! i then took my new record to a beatles concert and my dad was able to take me back stage! i was so excited to meet the boys and asked them to sign my new record! they all agreed and i was the happiest kid ever !!! i wonder if my like new signed by all the boys record is worth something?? i dont think i would sell it ... mary

Last year I sold the first pressing of Street Survivors with insets and all MINT for $68. I believe at the time at least that was the most it had ever sold for.

In a niche case like that of Vee Jay records, a disorganized, desperate label can skyrocket value decades later when they have content from a band like...The Beatles. I have a Stereo Ad Back of Introducing the Beatles in a Sears and Roebucks baggie...put out that way because the label wanted to rush the album out and therefore neglected track listings on the back slick. I spotted one in the wild at an Oregon record shop a couple years ago. Paid several thousand for it and folks, looking at the album’s selling history it was still a steal.

Some of those pressing errors are crazy. I have a Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker Record that the second LP is Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic zeros but has the Heartbreaker label on it. Cheers, Brian🍀

I have so much respect for you because you have Pieces of a Man in the background. One of my Favorite LP's ever.

I wouldn't mind the son house album myself.

Thanks, Dillon, for another great vid. I co-run a small record store in Tasmania, Australia (Suffragette Records - started August ‘22) selling only music by women, and it’s been a steep learning curve to understand some of the factors that influence value. I like to guess the median Discogs price before I look it up. I’m getting better at it, but sometimes the record throws a price-curveball at ya! We also have a location-specific scarcity factor in Australia - plenty of Australian pressings but US pressings are uncommon. So, that influences my pricing somewhat.

Duke Ellington at the Grand old Oprey is my second favorite album, next to Jerry Lee Lewis at the Apollo.

Good overview. Records are similar to all commodities, if you know what you are doing minimal money expenditure can get you a great collection. If you don't you can spend tens of thousands and end up with a nasty heap of sound pollution. Pieces of a Man, on your shelf, is a good one to discuss. Easily found for a few dollars back in the 80's, 90's, now is it nearer a $100. That's a great album. But you can find many that went from a few bucks to hundreds that are average or poor. So many factors. Fashion, hype, conformity, gullibility, etc.

i have a Yes close to the edge with a plain atlantic label on one side, UK copy. i also have over 50 vertigo swirl LPs, amix of UK and OZ pressings and a few US, some of them are worth a bit too, and i went nuts on australian progressive and blues rock so i have a lot of rare early 70s aussie stuff...lately im getting into UK progressive jazz....;keith Tippet, Ian Carr, Nucleus, mike westbrook ,michael Garrick,mike gibbs,neil ardley, bloody great music! pretty hard to find too and sometimes expensive, but i love vinyl and i love to have my fave stuff on vinyl.

I was at a pawn shop one time that I knew had records and just wanted to see if I could get lucky. I found a Led Zeppelin II RL Mix that was absolutely COOKED and had no cover, you hate to see it.

“This is not a mono copy this is a stereo copy. You can tell by the big stereo letters” 😂😂Yup, prolly not payin’ off the house with that one today Sparky…

I have a Foghat - Fool for the City - pressing that has a blank label on side one. Has the right music, right label, just nothing printed on the label. - I also have The Beatles - Revolver record with the right music, but is mislabeled with the Rubber Soul label on both sides. (Reissue from 2012)

I figured out you outbid me for a record/ Toto kingdom of desire / my copy is well a little noisy maybe a little more than noisy / You kinda remind me of well me / love your enthusiasm and videos/ if I end up in Carolina I will look you up!

I know that we all bought Street Survivor as soon as it was released and it was damn near worn out by the time they re-released it. But I gotta say..... My exes best friend borrowed our copy and never returned it. My ex has never forgotten it. He was also a tyrant about 45's. If you didn't listen to the album at our house, you didn't get to listen. He assured me that if I liked one song that I would like them all. I do thank him for teaching me to appreciate great music. Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull were his favorites.

I have an odd WB pressing of the first America album I discovered from my days in radio in the 80's. The America jacket & labels are all correct as is the music on side one but side two is 'Killer' from Alice Cooper, who was also on WB. I had just put this new copy in the studio and the first to play it on-air was a part-time DJ working our softer rock Sunday morning show. She cued it up on the first note only and ended up playing 'Dead Babies' instead of what she thought would be some America track. It's a funny story...now. Still have it in my collection.

Just starting getting into jazz records….immediately Art Blakey and Hank Mobley stood out above the rest

Fun stuff. Like your videos cause they are various types and styles of music. I do the Austin record shows and think you are more in line with the supply/demand aspect of the trade. Especially like your enthusiasm about the music and a little background on the artists.

and sometimes you can even put them on yr turntable and enjoy them..woo hoo..

A lot of good stuff here! When I was first looking into getting into this hobby and collecting I knew there was one album I had to have- ...Is a Real Boy by Say Anything. Favorite album from my all time favorite band. They were an underground emo/alt-rock band that had maybe one or two hit songs in 2004 before falling off the radar, couldnt be that hard or expensive to find right? Cheapest I've been able to find so far is $250, maybe 4 or 5 copies total. I checked discogs like you mentioned and it turns out there were 4 pressings of the album in large quantities so (to my understanding but I could be wrong, still new) it wasnt really that rare. Absolutely blows my mind that its that much 16 years later when Ive barely been able to find anyone else who listens to them

I have that Skynyrd Street survivors album and it still has the insert in it for the tour dates.

I had to smile when you showed the Zep album with the blank label. I have a German pressing of KISS: Best Of The Solo Albums with a blank label on one side.

I also own that Skynyrd album with the original cover ! Had it from new

I definitely agree with you on that.Enjoy your music.

Great videos, getting back into records, after a LONG break!

You said it my brother, supply and demand, people can have the "rarest" records in the world, but if people ain't buying them, I mean, also, record collecting it's a weird trip, I've seen records go down in value like the ernie hines joint, you always see it for 100 to 100+, nowadays, I've seen them for as low as 50 to 60. Great video fam, record collecting it's a bottomless pit indeed..

I'll give you $50 for that Lynyrd Skynyrd Album right now. The one you showed!

What effect do reissues have on value of 1st pressings? It can create exposure but do collectors need that original copy? Sometimes in comics these reissues are actually a lot nicer quality, but that's a whole other story.

Speaking of skynyrd I have a copy of pronounced that I thought wasn’t worth anything because I figured it was common and the cover isn’t in good shape. Turns out it’s an original yellow label and the record itself is near mint, and they sell for a decent amount on discogs. Enjoyed the video a lot!

Love Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

the Led Zepp NZ Houses of the Holy. Similar thing for the NZ Bowie Hunky Dory release being a different sleeve to the usual release in that the back picture was used on both back and front as they couldn't get the artwork to NZ in time, Did the same happen for Houses i wonder ?.

Demand plays a much bigger part in a records resale value than rarity. As detailed in the video you can find some mega rare private pressings where only 99 copies were pressed that you can’t even sell for £10, meanwhile for example Iron Maiden lp’s that were manufactured in the 10’s of 1000’s if NM or unplayed and they’re originals not modern reissues then you can get a decent’ish price. Great video.

I had a question and I hope it is not too dumb of a question: He mentioned that if you put a record in that condition (that of the Led Zeppelin record) on your turntable there's a good chance it'll mess up your needle. Does anyone know how true this may be? I have a lot of records in similar condition that don't skip but with just tons of background noise which I just choose to live with until I can replace those specific records. Do they damage your needle or am I okay to play those? I didn't think they did but anyone let me know thanks!

Great videos. I've been collecting Lps ect since 12 yrs old. 65 now and still have most. Wanted to ask about a Pink Floyd 'Dark Side Of The Moon' lp I have with 3 full size posters included. I searched and still have never seen another. Most I believe just have 2. Any thoughts? Thanks ✌

Sometimes it's the content. I visited a yard sale last summer put on by an older lady who wanted $10 for her Lawrence Welk LPs. I found two VG+ early Beatles LPs in her collection for a buck each. When I told her she should charge more for those she said she knew but didn't care for the Beatles as much as Lawrence Welk. I sold my copy of the Skynrd flames LP at my yard sale last summer for $15. The guy who bought it was ecstatic and couldn't believe I was selling it for such a low price. Actually, I had priced it high in anticipation of coming down to $10. LOL.

Punkrock is my jam... I randomly look up some of my records on discogs, records I paid $15 for a few years ago are going for $100- $200 plus now...why? low press numbers, and people love their punkrock ;).. no idea how much my collection is worth, and that's fine with me, I play them nice and loud and I love them!

Here's a weird one. Danzig III: How the Gods Kill & Danzig 4 are really expensive, but Danzig & Danzig II: Lucifuge are not

I'm looking for a first pressing 1969 white with black lettering promo copy of THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY. I know: "good luck finding that one". LOL

I have that Duke Ellington album & the play bill for the live in Newport concert. My Big Question is This: I ordered Adele 30 album online and I got it for a really good deal for $15 bucks . Everybody else was selling it for $35-$40 by accident I ordered two of them. So I took one to my local record store near me & he scanned it & said it's only worth $15. I did find one in his bit for $38 Why?? I know he has to make money but why was the one I bought so cheap & others are so expensive??

Watching this again is making me nostalgic for just over a year ago when you could get standard editions of Zeppelin and Sabbath for 20 bucks or less in good condition :(

Original James Gang Rides Again look for on one side the smooth area before the label has etched numbers also "Love from Jessica" written there also. Joe Walsh's Barnstorm also has "Thats No Banana Thats My Nose" There is another I forget which.

I've been looking for a still-sealed or near mint copy of the Uniques lp, "Happening--Now!!" Paula LP/LPS-2194, issued in 1967. Some used copies on eBay are being sold for under $100.00, but there is a still sealed copy (can't tell if it's mono or stereo) for $499.99. That's well beyond my price range. The seller provides free shipping, which doen't really thrill me. I purchased several albums while I was in the Air Force 1970-1974, assigned duty in Turkey, then England. The base exchange stores stocked lp's pressed mostly from Germany, Netherlands and UK. In some cases jacket design and music content are identical to US pressings, and some are different. Generally speaking is there a value difference between US and foreign pressings?

Brilliant vid.

Love the Skynyrd info. Bought the Survivors LP when it came out ($8?), sold it around 1990 for $100. Not too shabby.....

There are actually ALOT of Elvis records worth alot of money. Hundreds, and thousands of dollars. Especially 45s. Any ORIGINAL Elvis on Sun are worth alot. I have sold some for thousands...I just sold a Mystery Train Elvis Sun for $600 on Discogs a week or so ago....And sold my Elvis TV Guide record for $2,000 this past summer. Just like anything, it has to be the right stuff.....In fact the 7 inch EP, that has the same cover as the one you holding up is worth BIG MONEY TOO.

The Have/Want feature is the best part of Discogs.

The amount of records went to the dump in the years cds was dominant is crazy

Plus also depends which country you are in

You should do a punk rock, hardcore version of this. Or recommend someone?

I got a copy of the Robert Ludwig pressing of Led Zeppelin II at Half Price Books in the clearance section for $1. Is it in amazing shape? No, it’s probably VG or so. But Good Plus copies still go for $50 on Discogs, and a Fair copy even sold for $10, so $1 for it is ridiculous! The oddest mispress I own is a copy of “Oh Good Grief!” by Vince Guaraldi. Side one is the Guaraldi as advertised, but side 2 is actually “Anthem Of The Sun” by the Grateful Dead. Both albums came out in 1968, and their catalog numbers are 2 apart - 1747 for the Guaraldi, 1749 for the Dead. Is it worth anything? Hell if I know, haven’t seen any mention of any other copy with that mispress, but it’s sure odd.

You forgot to mention cover art such as for the Beatles butcher cover. Sometimes it can make a very big difference in the value even if the record pressing is the same but with a different cover.

Dillon, It is so funny I was just having an argument with a guy from my record store about price...It ticks me off that he looks at Discogs and eBay for his prices on records why can't he just price the records for what he paid and add a little more for overhead and stuff instead of charging what collectors pay isn't he in the selling business not collecting. Am I wrong? What does everyone else think should record store charges double or triple what they pay for a record??? Please I really want to know what you think.

Man I’d love to hear that Son House record.

Awesome video Dylan! Always love seeing pieces from your collection....Did you end up getting rid of Lifun by Trubrot? Surprised you didn't show that one! Peace

Would you say, as a whole, when it comes to "valuable" records, the condition of the record itself trumps the condition of the jacket?

A lot of original copies are worth more because they had inserts or were in gatefold sleeves that the re issues don't have. A huge selling point for me.

One RSD record I got few yrs ago, Jay Electronica "Exhibit A + C" picture disc I paid $25. Discogs sellers are asking over $200. WTF???

I've got a copy of The Damned-Black Album that's mispressed and plays a Texas Rythm And Blues compilation instead. There's not too many out there apparently.

A lot of great info there Dillon. Been watching your videos and just subscribed and just a couple of clarifications. I believe records MUST be both play and visually graded as some blemishes like swirl marks can not be heard on some systems and it all has to do with what stylus you have on your cart. Many older LP's from the 50's and 60's were played with carts that had a conical stylus on them and were not changed out as often as they should and thus were ragged and caused damage to the grooves, but put it on a table with say, an elliptical stylus and the damage nay not be heard despite the swirl marks say. An example, about 15 years ago, I bought a copy of Night Lights, Jerry Mulligan and it's the original Phillips stereo pressing from 1963 and at the store where I bought it in Seattle, it played fine and even with a cantiwampus cantilever on the record player, of which I think was a bottom feeding Technics from the late 70's or some such and again, it played fine. Got it home and crackle city, mistracking on my table. It was my cart it turned out being not aligned anywhere close to correctly but now, it plays pretty cleanly in so far as mistracking goes. But sometimes you get lucky with an album. One store here in Tacoma where I live now, they guy had a good, but not stellar condition copy of Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, mono, Columbia 6-eye that had a sticker of $30, I also picked up an original Portrait pressing of Dog and Butterfly by Heart (with a slight warp, but clean otherwise) that went for $15 and wound up paying also $15 for Kind of Blue! Also, it turned out to be a fairly early pressing as one, the label for side 2 was corrected (the two track titles were originally reversed) and other factors revealed it was pressed after Nov 1959 (date of correction) and before 1961 when CBS bought Columbia and the CBS nomenclature was placed at the 12:00 position on the label for 1961-62 until the 2-eye labels came out. It's not perfect as far as clean playing goes (it's mono too, they seem to find me even though I don't look for them specifically) but I'm sure most of that will be gone with a good cleaning. :-) And finally, an original pressing in good shape, LP AND cover of Workingman's Dead by the Grateful dean, on the olive green WB label, with a mistake on the cover that clues in that it was an early press, the back tip art was pasted upside down! Found it in the bargain bins for $13 locally last year. The only issue with the cover was a light bend on one corner, but intact otherwise. I often find this album and some of their earlier LP's with split covers going as high as $25 or so for less than good condition for the cover at least. But KOB is very common so it'll never sell for a huge amount. Early Blue Note records issued, and pressed between 1956-1966 are often worth big bucks as many never sold much more than 80K copies initially but often can be had for way less as a reissue. A case in point, Whistle Stop by Kenny Dorham (1961) has sold for as high as $600-1000, according to Popsyke but a UA/BN reissue can be had in near mint condition for $40 as that's how I got my copy, a late 70's most likely white B pressing, and it'd been sitting in the racks for about a year before I purchased it for $40. That was a couple of years ago now. It's fairly common knowledge that if you don't have a huge wad of bread in your pocket, for years the Liberty/UA reissues of many older BN records are often the best reissues to get, though BN, the current BN70, BN80 and Tone Poet are some of the best out there currently as reissues. I have the tone poet pressing of Lee Morgan's Cornbread (1967), a fantastic album and well worth the $35 price of admission for it. The same for the BN80 reissue of Jutta Hipp/Zoot Sims LP from 1956 is well worth the price of admission at $24.99, both mastered by Kevin Gray. Anyway, keep it up and hope you can survive and reopen. I'm hoping my local record stores survive too and next weekend when I get paid, will throw come cash to one in particular here locally to help them along a little.

You had better check your Elvis Presley Vinyl records HISTORY as there is an extremely RARE RED CHRISTMAS ALBUM that is worth 15 to 20 STACKS and thats 20,000.00 USD CURRENCY if immaculate condition !

Here, let me explain Blakey vs. Ellington in a few words: Motörhead vs. Journey. Same dynamic.

I was always told the the Robert Ludwig mastered LP was worth so much was because it was a " hot pressing". but I am not really sure just what that means. ps how much was the first Stooges original LP worth ?

I'm digging your videos, Dylan, recently discovered, thanks

Bought a copy of QUADROPHENIA that did not feature The Who. I believe it was RAINBOW instead.

How about Herb Alpert "Whipped Cream and Other Delights"? I'm new to vinyl collecting and I paid $100 for a vg+ copy

Great video Dillon. You will always here about the holy grails that got sold or traded by big time collectors that had no knowledge until to late. My biggest mistake was years ago after finding many albums at a thrift store, there was one in the disco pile. It was in ultra mint condition, gatefold with two albums. I won't describe the cover. It was by Prince doing a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Now at that time I had no clue about how talented Prince was and couldn't care much. For one more dollar it could of been mine! I found out about it through an expert who showed me proof in his book. He and many others never knew that a copy existed. By the way that very first album you showed, I met Marty Roth a few times years ago. Do you know the story about his original copies?

Can you go into why mono is a good thing on old records when we have nice stereo's?

You got great taste in music man I see that peter green Fleetwood Mac album behind you

FYI, stereo was invented in the 1930’s, but really didn’t go into market production until 1958!

On the money as usual Dillon. All the best. 💎

I see Truth And Janey!!!

Peter Green is looking into my soul......

My best find was Faintly Blowing by Kaleidoscope (. UK Division) a near mint copy in a charity shop in the 80’s for £3. Also some reissues are becoming really expensive now- Creation of Sunlight is $50+

You forgot to mention beat up common Beatles pressings. People think there was the fortune.