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'Born To Run' by Bruce Springsteen -

The US promo-only advance LP version of Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album sold for $5,617.97 on Discogs.

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'Gorilla Biscuits' by Gorilla Biscuits -

Hardcore records can also sell for thousands. The rare copies of the band's first 7" EP, pressed on cream vinyl are worth a small fortune. The last one sold on Discogs fetched $6,000.

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'Rubber Band' by David Bowie -

'Rubber Band' was Bowie's 1966 promo single, which was released by Decca. One of these sold for $6,389.53. 

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'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' by Pink Floyd -

There are a few different presses of Pink Floyd's debut studio album from 1967. Some of them are pretty valuable, with one fetching $6,500 on Discogs.  

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'Can I Sit Next To You, Girl' by AC/DC -

This is AC/DC's first single, featuring the band's first singer, Dave Evans. A copy of the 1974 New Zealand-pressed single sold for a whopping $7,000.

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'She's Wanted' by Larry Clinton -

This Larry Clinton 7" promo single pressed by Dynamo in 1965 fetched $7,333.33 on Discogs. 

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'Too Fast For Love' by Mötley Crüe -

The original release by Leathür Records of Mötley Crüe's 1981 debut album is worth a small fortune. One copy was sold for $9,000.

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'The Velvet Underground & Nico' by The Velvet Underground & Nico -

Featuring one of the most iconic album covers of all time, the East Coast pressing of 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' is pretty valuable. One copy fetched $9,795.92 on Discogs. 

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'Melody A.M.' by Röyksopp -

The Norwegian electronic duo released 100 copies of  'Melody A.M.' in 2001. A buyer spent $10,465.1 on one of these copies.  

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'Cough/Cool/ She' by Misfits -

A limited edition of 500 copies of the Misfits single 'Cough/Cool' on side A and 'She' on side B is a valuable collector's record. The last known sold copy went for $13,157.9.

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'Monster Movie' by Can -

The German band Can also has an entry on this list. The version of their 1969 album with a liberty sticker on the back fetched $13,953.5 on Discogs. 

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'Ummagumma' by Pink Floyd -

If you happen to own a promotional release of Pink Floyd's 1970 album with red vinyl and white labels, then you've got yourself a treasure. The price tag? A copy sold for $14,423.1.

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'The Black Album' by Prince -

There are a couple of valuable versions of this Prince album. A copy of the original 1987 Canadian pressing, which was pulled before release, was sold on Discogs for a whopping $25,000.

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'Music for Supermarkets ' by Jean-Michel Jarre -

The French composer makes an entry on this list with his sixth studio album, of which a single vinyl copy was pressed. In 1983, the record was auctioned in France for approximately $14,000 (the equivalent of more than $33,000 today). 

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'Caustic Window' by Aphex Twin -

Only a few test pressings were made of this album by Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin under the name 'Caustic Window.' One of these copies sold on eBay for $46,300.

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'Love Me Do' by The Beatles -

A one-sided acetate version of The Beatles' first single is worth an estimated $50,000–$100,000.

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'1968 Woburn Music Festival' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience -

This one was not a vinyl record, but a tape. The tape of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1968 Woburn Music Festival performance was sold at Christie's for just under $60,000.

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Rehearsal tape by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards -

How much would you pay to own the earliest known tape of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards rehearsing? One bidder paid over $60,000 for it at auction.

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'Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)' by Frank Wilson -

There are only two copies of this 1966 Northern soul classic, one of which was sold for over $120,000 in 2020.

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'Yesterday and Today' by The Beatles -

The 1966 US copies of this album with the "butcher sleeve" are pretty valuable. One sealed copy was sold for $125,000 in 2016.

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'That'll Be the Day/In Spite of All the Danger' by The Quarrymen -

The Quarrymen was John Lennon's band before The Beatles. The only copy of this vinyl is owned by Paul McCartney, who sold a limited number of reissues. As for the original one, it's estimated to be worth over $240,000.

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'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles -

If you happen to have a copy of this album signed by the band, then you've got yourself a vinyl treasure. In 2013, a signed copy sold for $290,500.

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'My Happiness' by Elvis Presley -

In 2015, musician Jack White paid $300,000 for an acetate of Elvis Presley's first-ever recording. He then reissued the single through his label. 

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'White Album' by The Beatles -

The first copy of The Beatles' homonymous record, best known as the 'White Album,' was owned by Ringo Starr. The Beatles' drummer then sold it in 2015 for $790,000.

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'Blowin' in the Wind' by Bob Dylan -

Not an album as such, but a one-off recording of Bob Dylan's famous song 'Blowin' in the Wind,' fetched $1.8 million at auction in 2022. 

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'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' by Wu-Tang Clan -

Only one CD copy of the hip hop group's 2005 album 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' was made. It was sold at auction for $2 million. 

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'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' by Wu-Tang Clan -

The lucky bidder was American businessman Martin Shkreli. The album was however seized by the US Department of Justice as part of a forfeiture. 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' was then sold for a whopping $4 million!

Sources: (Discogs) (Record Collector) (The New York Times) 

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