Produced by: Louis St. Louis and John Farrar; Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson ("Grease") Rammellzee's art didn't just pertain to graffiti. He was also a skilled sculptor. He died in 2010, at 49 years old, in part due to long-term exposure to toxins through his work as an artist. 4. The Beatles, "Yesterday and Today" Pursuing the World’s Most Exotic Animals 78 RPM Records are records that spin at a rate of 78 revolutions per minute. Amanda Petrusich and Chris King choose a few outstanding 78 RPM records from the period, which you can hear in the following playlist: “Last Kind Word Blues” by Geeshie Wiley; “Future Blues” by Willie Brown; “Devil Got My Woman” by Skip James; “Sur Le Borde de L’eau” by Blind Uncle Gaspard; “Guitar Rag” by Alexis Zoumbas; “Tzamara Arvanitiko” by Alexis Zoumbas; “Tzamara Arvanitiko” by Alexis Zoumbas; “Tzamara Arvani End of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 25 January 2022.

On other occasions, a record may be issued only as a promotional item. Such albums may be live recordings, made for radio broadcast, or perhaps compilation albums, again intended to stimulate airplay. These “promo-only” releases are usually sought after by collectors, though the interest in them will be directly related to the interest in the artist. A promo-only Rolling Stones record, for example, will attract far more interest from collectors than one by Andy Williams. 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. All selections mixed and re-mixed by David J. Holman at Filmways/ Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood (Except "Grease")In a 2021 interview, she talked about her openness to death. “We all know we’re going to die, but I think we spend our lives in denial,” she said on the Australian podcast “A Life of Greatness.”“It’s extremely personal so it’s hard to put into words.” She continued, “I feel that we are all one thing and I’ve had experiences with spirits and spirit life. I believe there is something that happens. I hope the energies of the people you love will be there… I think all the love will be there. I’m sort of looking forward to that, not now, but when it happens.” In the case of records that are common to moderately rare, anything copy that isn’t in something close to new condition may have little to no value at all. 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. Malcolm Gladwell's 2008 nonfiction book "Outliers: The Story of Success" includes an interesting passage on The Beatles.

We have written an extensive article about white label promo records; you can read it here. (new window) The band withdrew the cover at the last minute, but a dozen copies survived. In the '90s, they were accidentally shipped to record stores as samples of a planned reissue of the album that was eventually scrapped. A significant factor that can affect a vinyl record’s value is the format. Until 1957, records were sold only in mono. Between 1957 and 1968, records were usually sold in both mono and stereo, and between about 1972 and 1976, a few records were available in 4 channel quadraphonic sound. During the time when records were sold in more than one format simultaneously, one of the formats was usually pressed in smaller quantities than the other. Mono records were more common than their stereo counterparts in the early 1960s, for instance, but were the harder variation to find by 1968. Quadraphonic pressings were always intended for a niche market, and never sold in large quantities, except in the few cases where all copies of a particular title were encoded in quadraphonic sound. Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013 . Retrieved 25 January 2022.Old-timey jazz and blues aficionados are perhaps the record-collecting world's most fanatical, and none more so than Maryland's legendary 78 rpm junkie Joe Bussard. Searching for a mega-rare Charlie Patton record that Steve Buscemi's character in the movie "Ghost World" would sever his right arm for? Bussard's got it. 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) 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. If an artist is not from the United States, collectors will often seek out records from the artist’s country of origin. While many American Beatles records are worth a lot of money, so are those from Great Britain, as the band released records there prior to releasing them in the U.S.

People have tended to take better care of their records in recent decades, so it’s a lot easier to find a nice copy of a 1980s album by Bruce Springsteen than it is to find a near mint 1960s album by the Rolling Stones, for example. This so-called “Butcher Cover” is perhaps the best known record in all of record collecting, and copies have sold for thousands of dollars.David Bowie became one of the best-selling musicians of all time. His albums are estimated to have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. As with most collectibles, much of what makes a record valuable comes down to how rare or in-demand it is. While you may own an LP of one of the most popular bands of the 1960s, for example, this alone may not mean much if there are still plenty of copies of the same record on the market. 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" In the case of some albums, which may have only been originally for sale from small record companies, these reissues might actually sell more copies than the original album. When an album is reissued, the original vinyl record’s value usually falls in the marketplace. While some collectors remain interested in owning an early or an original pressing of a recently reissued album, there are others who are only interested in hearing the music, and will be happy to own a reissued version of the album instead.

The Beatles have remained relevant in popular culture despite having last played in public together in 1969, when they performed on the rooftop of Apple Corps headquarter in London. These pressings are highly regarded by collectors for both their unusual appearance and their sound quality. One factor that can significantly affect a vinyl record’s value is the availability of reissues. In the 1950s through the mid-1970s, record companies kept close tabs on whether an album was selling well or poorly. Poor selling albums were usually removed from the catalog and existing copies were sold at a discount. Starting in the 1980s, record companies took a different approach, and reduced the prices of slow-selling records, keeping them in print but offering them for sale at a lower price point.Coury Mines Gold" (PDF). Cash Box. 3 March 1979. p.45 . Retrieved 10 October 2020– via World radio History. She’ll always be our Sandy. Olivia Newton-John’s net worth includes what she made from movies like Grease and her music career before her death at 73 years old.