Evaluating Vinyl Records

The inner sleeve is the most important part to consider when choosing vinyl storage.

Evaluating vinyl records. Such records can be washed with special washing machines or by hand but this is a process that lasts and that costs money and it reduces the value of a record. Most mass produced records sold over the past 60 years or so have been poorly cared for by their owners. Another resource are books price guides available from a number of sources price guides can be obtained at full retail price discounted price or used for free. They may have been played on low quality equipment stored outside of.

The record may be in good condition but greasy due to fingerprints or dirty. For an even more accurate evaluation consider play grading the records. The most convenient way to sell old records. Store your vinyl records in a suitable storage media.

Vinyl records with a score of 0 2 are not for use and sale they are not worth anything. Choose a storage medium that will best maintain the condition of your vinyl records. For vinyl records that have been sitting in a relative s attic for quite some time consider cleaning them before going through the grading process. In some instances cleaning records can raise the grade of a record significantly.

Looking on line at musicpriceguide record price guides that is perhaps the most common and easiest method for establishing the value of your recordings. It is the part that comes in contact with your vinyl record. Mint m absolutely perfect in every way. Near mint nm the record has been on a shelf between other records.

The vinyl looks glossy and clearly has only been played a few times. Oddly enough the iconic record was met with mixed reviews rolling stone called. Columbia sax 2386 silvestri kogan beethoven vc in d major. We buy lps 45s 78s.

Follow these three easy steps to find the value of vinyl records using discogs the largest physical music database on the web. Never been played and usually sealed. Vinyl record price guide. Led zeppelin led zeppelin 1969 led zeppelin s eponymous debut featured a mix of original material and covers of blues songs including a re recording of the track dazed and confused originally written and recorded by jake holmes which was also covered by jimmy page s old band the yardbirds.

While all of the factors listed above are important when it comes to evaluating a vinyl record s value perhaps none is as important as the condition of the record. Discogs is a user generated database with more than 12 million copies of music listed. It s also a marketplace where users can buy and sell records. Find out the value of a vinyl record cd cassette or any other music format.

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