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In Reply to: RE: Here's a list posted by rbolaw on October 07, 2015 at 09:47:05
which makes me wonder if this article has much basis in reality.
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The Sex Pistols were signed by A&M after being dumped by EMI, but were dumped by them less than a week later for a variety of reasons. Most of the copies of God Save the Queen were scrapped before release.Agree that the writer's bonafides are suspect. He doesn't give any source for much of his info; says that mono records were on their way out in 1962 (stereo was up-and-coming, but there were plenty of mono discs put out almost till the end of the decade); and reports that Dylan pulled the original Freewheelin' because some of the songs were "old-fashioned." IIRC, CBS lawyers insisted that Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues be removed from the record, so Dylan recorded a handful of new tracks to replace it and a couple of others.
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I do remember hearing about the Beatles LP signed by John Lennon for Mark David Chapman hours before the shooting going to auction. So that probably has some basis in reality. I've seen other obviously more accurate lists online, but others who care more than I can do the web searching.
One of the most valuable classical LPs, not counting "one-offs" or other special items, is a French 7-LP set released by Pathe Marconi in 1956 called Mozart à Paris that has sold for over $11,000. The conductor, Fernand Oubradous, was one of the greatest bassoonists of the 20th century, but not as well-known as a conductor. Also, European classical LPs did not sell in great quantities in impoverished post-war Europe, and no doubt a 7-LP set even less so. So that is a genuine rarity.
Indeed, it's probably hard to find (or pull together) a fully 'accurate' list. If nothing else, they change over time - at one point, the Bowie 'dog's balls' cover and Prince's so-called 'Black Album' both turned up regularly on the most valuable lists. As you note, in the end it's probably the one-of-a-kind records, like the Chapman 'Double Fantasy,' the 'My Happiness' disc Elvis cut for Gladys, or the VU acetate that will command and hold the highest prices. Even then, figuring out what they are 'worth' is pretty much a shot in the dark, seeing as how they hit the market so very infrequently.
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should have put this in the previous.
Had no idea A&M came between EMI and VIRGIN!
Had the EMI singles and actually saw them but this tidbit passed me by.
Should check before writing? One of these days ...
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