Rare records

Have a look on Discogs.com to find out if they're valuable. Rarity doesn't seem to matter if it's not a popular artist, preferably from the 70s. For example, I have the first album by The Shirts. Its not on Spotify etc, so it's rare but not worth much.
 
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What you need to earn money is whatever 50 year old men liked back in the day. They were probably the first age group to really have lots of lps and then started buying cds, now want all their favourite early 90s indie stuff on vinyl as they have spare cash.

Cassettes from early to mid 90s can be worth good money as very few were made of some albums.
 
In 1977 I bought an LP called The Open Mind (1967) for 70p from a record shop in Letchworth which had a second hand section. I bought it because it had a great cover, which was undamaged and protected with a plastic sleeve. When I got it home it turned out to be absolutely brand new - it was just old stock they had slung in with the second hand stuff. I played it once - it was rubbish so I never played it again.

In 1992 I was stunned to see it featured in Record Collector as one of the great lost albums. Times were tight; I sold it a couple of weeks later for £600.
 
I used to go round the charity shops and find the odd classic. They have now wised up. I once saw the first 2 Oasis albums both going for £95 each in a local Oxfam. Crazy thing is someone bought them!
 
I was given an original copy of The Band's Last Waltz a few years ago for some work I did for a mate. I sold it to an American collector for a good few quid.
 
Picto_Leng said:
In 1977 I bought an LP called The Open Mind (1967) for 70p from a record shop in Letchworth which had a second hand section. I bought it because it had a great cover, which was undamaged and protected with a plastic sleeve. When I got it home it turned out to be absolutely brand new - it was just old stock they had slung in with the second hand stuff. I played it once - it was rubbish so I never played it again.

In 1992 I was stunned to see it featured in Record Collector as one of the great lost albums. Times were tight; I sold it a couple of weeks later for £600.
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if it was on the philips label (1st pressing) in 1968 then in your Near mint condition would sell for £1200 now
 
alanmoodysdog said:
if it was on the philips label (1st pressing) in 1968 then in your Near mint condition would sell for £1200 now
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Yes, @alanmoodysdog it was on Phillips, in the cellophane lined paper inner sleeve that they used back then, and it really was in absolute mint condition.

Relative to my circumstances, £600 to me back them was worth more than £1200 today, so I am happy I took the money, especially when I had only spent 70p in the first place.
 
alanmoodysdog said:
if it was on the philips label (1st pressing) in 1968 then in your Near mint condition would sell for £1200 now
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& Alan MD is spot on with the reference to '1st pressing' - makes a lot of difference to serious collectors.

i have a friend who collects records by the clash, he has everything in '1st pressing' - now he is only interested in presses from South American countries, Australia/New Zealand and Africa countries (hopefully with a pic sleeve) & Acetates (of which he already has many).

apparently a very rare clash single across Europe is a German pressing & Pic sleeve of Complete Control

& punk singles pressed in Republic of Ireland fetch a premium, so im told.
 
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