Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records

Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM RecordsThis was an older edition, but was in like new condition.

This book is a fantastic resource for any collector, especially an amateur like me. After I learned how to "read" the entries, it was very easy to get the information I needed, and I learned quite a lot about the valueof the records I grew up with, as well as the picture sleeves which are often worth far more than the vinyl!

over and over,neelys guides come out faithfully showing all the wonderfull records you would love to own,stating decent prices anyone would wanna pay for them ..and then hits you in ther gutt by telling you they arent worth a third of that amount to dealers. when it comes to books like these everyone suddenly becomes a dealer. or else the near mint pricing is all anyone looks at. its a good book but its repetitive of all the other books hes done.and in fairness,all the other writers books too who do yearly record guides. and when it comes to showing scans of rare records..welp..it looks good but it doesnt make me wanna run out and buy them. in other words a collector can own one of these..preferably this book..and never buy another one because the info will not change much. just the packing and covers. still..a good xamas gift ands hard work involved.

With records becoming more and more plentiful, it does lose a little of the obscure stuff it used to carry. However, it is a MUST for any collector!

Ever wondered how much one of those 45s you have is worth? Here's the place to look. Not every artist is listed but with every new edition, more are added. I have a first edition which contains over 30,000 or so entries. The reason why I asked what I did above is beacuse if your collection contains older records or records that look just like the day they were first sold, you could probably have a collection worth thousands of dollars. Some songs are available on different labels, ones that are easy to find rather than ones that are rare on other labels. I saw that a near mint copy of "For Your Precious Love" by Jerry Butler and the Impressions on the Vee-Jay label is worth $10,000. A very good codition of that record is over $1,000. If someone has something rare like that or colored vinyl, they are lucky!! If this is your hobby whether you've started or it's been with you all your life, you shouldn't be without this book. RECOMMENDED!