Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

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Keyboards: Louis St. Louis, Greg Mathieson, Michael Lang, Lincoln Mayorga, Thomas Garvin, Ben Lanzarone, George Bitzer

Bassist and vocalist Sid Vicious' girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, was found dead from a knife wound in a hotel room in New York on Oct. 12, 1978, and Vicious, although he had little recollection of the night in question, was arrested for her murder on Dec. 9, 1978. We have written an extensive article about the Beatles Butcher cover. You can read it here. (new window) These pressings are highly regarded by collectors for both their unusual appearance and their sound quality. Olivia Newton-John - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 19 January 2016. Whenever there’s a commodity that is worth money to people, there are unscrupulous people who try to take advantage of them by forging that commodity. Paintings have been forged, currency has been counterfeited, and unfortunately, so have many rare records.Autographed records with provenance, such as a photograph of the artist signing the record, tend to bring the highest prices of all. Records you may have had in the past that are now worth millions of dollars BOB DYLAN / THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN (Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan) (1963) ALBUM: THE BEATLES / THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) THE BEATLES (1968) DAVID BOWIE / DIAMOND DOGS / DAVID BOWIE / DIAMOND DOGS (1974) “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”/”NO FEELINGS” SEX PISTOLS / “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”/”NO FEELINGS” 7-INCH (1977) INSTRUCTIONS: HANK MOBLEY / BLUE NOTE 1568 (1957) THE BEATLES / PLEASE PLEASE MAKE ME FEEL GOOD (1963) WHEN THE BEATLES PERFORMED YESTERDAY AND TONIGHT (1966) On the other hand, records by artists that are not of interest to collectors will have little value, regardless of age. There are many records in the easy listening genre from the 1950s, such as those by Ray Conniff or Percy Faith, that are now some 60 years old, but they still sell for only a couple of dollars in most used records stores, provided they bother to offer them for sale at all. Collectors often become interested in records that have gone out of print, and the prices for these no longer available titles can get quite high, depending on the artist and title. In these cases, collectors are usually paying high prices simply to hear the music. Record companies do pay attention to such market trends, and today, it’s quite common to see newly-pressed reissues of albums for sale that haven’t been available on the market in decades. Engineered by: David J. Holman, Jay Lewis, EirBilly Joel Wangberg, Michael Carneval, Karl Richardson ("Grease")

Though Frank Wilson wrote Motown hits for The Supremes, Temptations and Marvin Gaye, as a recording artist he only ever performed on this " Northern soul" single that won a huge cult following in England. Limited edition pressings by most any artist will have some value above the original selling price, as record companies are unlikely to issue limited edition pressings if there is no established market for them. Sometimes, foreign pressings may have different titles, or different covers from the more common versions from the U.S. or UK. On other occasions, record companies in other countries may choose to press albums on colored vinyl.

1. The Beatles, "The Beatles" (aka "White Album")

Misfits founder Glenn Danzig had an interesting second act to his career. He went on to found bands Samhain and most notably Danzig, and released the hit song "Mother" in 1988 with the latter group. Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. p.349. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

Typically, it's record companies that cancel albums and singles at the eleventh hour. But in this case, it was the late, great Prince himself who reportedly had a bad experience on MDMA, suddenly decided his own record was "evil" and paid Warner Bros. to recall the entire 500,000-copy run. In the late 1970s, picture discs were often pressed as promotional items and became quite popular among collectors. Most of these were pressed in quantities of only a few hundred copies. Whoever made money off "Stormy Weather" by The Five Sharps, it sure wasn't the people who sang the song. When the song was recorded in 1952, group members recalled they were paid in soda pop and hot dogs by Jubilee Records. 12. The Velvet Underground, "The Velvet Underground & Nico"If a record routinely sells for a lot of money, there is a good chance that the title in question has been counterfeited. Many albums by the Beatles, along with other popular artists such as the Yardbirds, Elvis Presley, and Pink Floyd, have been counterfeited. In a few cases, such as the Beatles album Introducing the Beatles, counterfeit copies may actually outnumber the real ones. Gifford, Phil (17 March 1979). "Tax Clouds Growth And Dampens Local Talent Development" (PDF). Billboard. p.SA-6 . Retrieved 31 July 2019. While there are many factors that go into determining vinyl records value, perhaps none is more important than the need for the record to be an original pressing and not a counterfeit pressing created at a later date to resemble the original issue.

While the value of a mono record in relation to its stereo counterpart will depend on when the record was released, quadraphonic copies are almost always worth more money than the same album in stereo. Other artists may have had records with high values only during the time they were recording, with prices in the collector market dropping considerably after they finished their careers or when they passed away. This is one of the factors that pretty much has no exceptions; a record with a picture sleeve is always more valuable than the same record without one.On the other hand, even records that sold well when new can become scarce in time, especially when one takes the condition of the record into account. Albums by Elvis Presley and the Beatles sold millions of copies when they were first released, but finding nice original copies of those records now can be difficult, as many have been thrown away or damaged through heavy play or abuse. While some collectors are willing to accept “filler” copies of a rare record in poor to average condition until they find a better copy, most buyers prefer to buy only once, and will hold out for the best possible copy they can find. That’s not the case with records, however. Vinyl records value is determined by a number of factors, including condition, scarcity, the name of the artist, and a host of other things, both obvious and obscure.