{"id":74696,"date":"2015-12-17T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T11:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=74696"},"modified":"2015-12-23T13:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T13:00:45","slug":"6-most-expensive-music-records-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=74696","title":{"rendered":"6 Most Expensive Music Records in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recording is the process of translating or capturing data or information on a recording format<\/a> captured on some storage medium, which is often named a record or, especially if a visual medium or an auditory ,a recording. The old records of events were<\/strong> made thousands of years ago<\/strong> in one form or another. Amongst the first known recordings are runic alphabets, cave painting<\/a>, and ideograms.<\/p>\n

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A way of recording data or text good enough for direct reading includes writing it on paper. Other forms of \u00a0storing data are much easier when it comes to automatic retrieval, but people needed a tool to read them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Technology evolves and provides and expands, a thing that means people are beings to record, represent and express their feelings<\/strong>, thoughts and experiences. The most easy and common ways of recording information or data are by video and by sound.<\/p>\n

The beginnings of sound recordings<\/a> is dating from the second half of the nineteenth century, although the mechanical generating a sound set was possible in antiquity too. Sound recording is how to process a sound or a signal so as to maintain it allows it to be played at a later time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since the first sound recording and until today a remarkable progress in terms of sound quality<\/strong> and usability of the material is kept. In achieving such development the labor of scientists was needed, the ones who set out to capture the sound because then other people can hear it.<\/p>\n

\"vinylThe devices of the pioneer period records evolved from fonoautografes to the recorded vibrations with smoked glass, through the phonograph of Edison Graphophone<\/a> or Tainter, which recorded discs coated with wax, Berliner\u2019s phonograph, who used a disc array, to Poulsen’s phonograph, who was the first one to achieve magnetic recording device. These supports are very fragile, their preservation and recovery raises the records on them, but their value is historically very high<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Knowing all that, there are many recordings that value much more than others, simply because they are rather rare or because they are very good.\u00a0Here are some musical recordings that are valued much more<\/strong> than others and which cost sometimes a fortune:<\/p>\n

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6. Billy Nicholls, ‘Would You Believe’ LP<\/h2>\n

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The LP was launched in 1968. The collapse of the \u00a0label meaning that only a handful of copies reached the shops<\/strong>. It\u2019s estimated value reaches up to \u00a33000.<\/p>\n

Billy Nicholls, born on 15 February 1949, is a British singer, producer, songwriter and musical director with a creditable biography and discography. \u00a0Billy’s career started in the sixties with the rare album Would You Believe<\/a>, and continued to make great music<\/strong> even today with his newest release Rosslyn Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His previous albums, and later collections of never released and new material, have been remastered, reworked and presented on a CD, plus one off his Snapshot on a vinyl.\u00a0All are available thanks to his own record company<\/strong> named Southwest Records.<\/p>\n

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5. John Lennon\/Yoko Ono\/Plastic Ono Band, ‘Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins’ LP<\/h2>\n

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The record came out in the market in 1968. Some copies were pressed with no track listing<\/strong> and a blurb on the front sleeve. The estimated value reaches up to \u00a33000.<\/p>\n

Yoko Ono Lennon, born on 18 February 1933 is an Japanese-American artist and musician. She is known for her avant-garde works and especially for her marriage to John Lennon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo album recorded by the English rock musician John Lennon. It was released in 1970 after Lennon also made three experimental albums<\/strong> with Yoko and Live Peace In Toronto after a concert in Toronto where Lennon’s band called themselves The Plastic Ono Band.<\/p>\n

The disc was recorded simultaneously with the avant-garde’s debut album Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono \/ Plastic Ono Band at Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road using the same musicians<\/strong> and production team and even having nearly an identical cover. Plastic Ono Band is considered one of the best of Lennon’s solo albums. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the album in the top 22 best records of all time<\/strong>. All of the songs were written by Lennon himself.<\/p>\n

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4. Queen, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody\/I’m In Love With My Car’, 7 Inch Single<\/h2>\n

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This EMI in-house special edition of 1978 of the single doubled<\/strong> as an invite to a company event, and so it came with goodies including matches, pens, tickets, menus, outer card sleeves, scarfs and an EMI goblets in card box. \u00a0The estimated value of the recording reaches up to \u00a35000.<\/p>\n

Queen was formed in 1971 in London<\/strong>, England, their period of activity being between 1971-1995.\u00a0The members of the band were Freddie Mercury – vocals, piano, Brian May<\/a> – guitar, Roger Taylor \u2013 drums and John Deacon – bass. The styles they approached were Hard Rock, Pop Rock, British Metal, Progressive Rock and is known for being one of the best of it\u2019s kind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The beginnings of the band Queen are located in England in 1968, when Brian May and Roger Taylor founded<\/strong> SMILE. After Tim Staffell, bassist and vocalist goes out, the band comes out in the spring of 1970, his place being\u00a0 taken by his roommate Freddie Mercury<\/a>, who joins two, May and Taylor to form Queen. In 1971, the place is occupied by bassist John Deacon, the completing component.<\/p>\n

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Queen members are known as pioneers of heavy metal<\/strong>, glam rock, sometimes stepping into the progressive rock. Although the personality of Freddie Mercury dominated the press, all four members composed hits huge: Freddie Mercury – “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Brian May – “We Will Rock You”, Roger Taylor – “Radio Ga Ga” and John Deacon – “Another One Bites The Dust “.<\/p>\n

For most of the band’s albums each member even wrote a song, and although Freddie Mercury composed many hits<\/strong>, was by no means the dominant songwriter; four are considered equals in terms of creativity, deciding to give credit simply as the “Queen” and not individually, starting with the album “The Miracle<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

The beginning of the band’s history is tied to the band SMILE<\/a>, in which Brian May and Roger Taylor played with Tim Staffell (bass + vocals). Freddie was then Tim’s roommate and rehearsals and concerts closely following the band, although he was soloist in other bands, such as Wreckage and Ibex. However, he was very eager to share his ideas<\/strong> about which musical direction Smile should develop.<\/p>\n

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3. The Beatles, “White Album’ double LP<\/h2>\n

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The Beatles, “White Album\u201d double LP from 1968 first pressing could be worth as much as \u00a37000<\/strong>.\u00a0If it wasn\u2019t for the Beatles, no one would of had so much imagination to invent such a story.<\/p>\n

The origins of the phenomenon that would become The Beatles was founded in 1957<\/strong>, when Paul McCartney was only 15 he met John Lennon, who was two years older. The following year, in 1958, with the two comes another young man of only 15, George Harrison and a friend of John Lennon<\/a>, Stuart Sutcliffe.<\/p>\n

After a short period in which the four played as “The Quarryman” , they got renamed into the “Silver Beetles” and, in April 1960, they had their first tour in Scotland<\/strong>. By the summer of that year, however, they adopted a new name, a name that will revolutionize music up to this point: “The Beatles”<\/p>\n

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The Beatles were among the frontline troops that year, along with names like Gerry & The Peacemakers, Swinging Blue Jeans Billy J. Kramer & The or Dakotas. They gained local popularity consistency<\/strong> at the end of 1961 when they attract the attention of Brian Epstein<\/a>, a manager at whom is due much of the huge success of the band. Early next year he has arranged an audition at Decca Records, a company that has made a huge error to deny them signing<\/strong> a contract.<\/p>\n

Epstein did not got discouraged and not long after, during the same year, manages to convince the Parlophone label <\/a>of how valuable the band was, which was the largest EMI company<\/strong>. They will enter on producer George Martin\u2019s hand, who then becomes the architect of all creation of the band.\u00a0A few years later, they were the most famous four people in the world of music, the best dressed and most captivating people anyone can remember<\/strong>. The story begins when Paul met John.<\/p>\n