The Beatles album artwork worth £70,000: Top 10 most valuable record sleeves revealed
By Mirror.co.uk 3/11/2011
The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album which has been declared the world's most valuable record cover (Pic: PA)
A STUDY today has named the world’s most expensive record sleeves – with The Beatles taking 5 of the top 10 spots.
The list, compiled for Record Collector magazine, values albums by the collectability of their sleeves. It found vinyl releases by the Fab Four dominating the top 5 at positions 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Editor Ian McCann said: "Every so often I get asked why vinyl persists as a music medium despite it being archaic and inconvenient compared to MP3.
"One of the answers is the artwork: people like to hold a vinyl record, look at the sleeve, take in the information and the photo on the cover.
“That is something that an MP3 will never be able to compete with."
The list, compiled for Record Collector magazine, values albums by the collectability of their sleeves. It found vinyl releases by the Fab Four dominating the top 5 at positions 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Editor Ian McCann said: "Every so often I get asked why vinyl persists as a music medium despite it being archaic and inconvenient compared to MP3.
“That is something that an MP3 will never be able to compete with."
The top 10 is as follows:
1. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [limited edition Capitol version] (1967) £70,000.
This sleeve, featuring the faces of music executives in place of the Fab Four, has been declared the world's most valuable record cover. The adapted artwork for the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album is valued at around £70,000.
The heftily-priced limited edition Sgt Pepper sleeve was created for Christmas 1967 to celebrate the success of the album. Sir Peter Blake's original collage image was revamped to insert the faces of US label bosses from Capitol Records, replacing the band and many of the other notable figures who had originally featured, although Bob Dylan and Sonny Liston were among those who were retained.
Only around 100 are thought to have been made, with just three known copies in the hands of collectors.
2. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968). Numbers 1-10 £7,000.
The Beatles are also runners-up in the list, with the first 10 numbered and embossed copies of the white album valued at around £7,000.
The plain cover was designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton, who died in the summer.
3. Madrigals - Magic Key To Spanish Volumes 1 and 2 (1953) £3,500; The Nation's Nightmare (1951),£3,000.
This pair of sleeves were designed by New York artist Andy Warhol, although they are less celebrated than his covers for the Velvet Underground & Nico and the Rolling Stones' Some Girls and Sticky Fingers.
He had been a freelance illustrator before finding huge fame in the 1960s and provided images for a number of LPs, including a language tutorial, Madrigal's Magic Key To Spanish Volumes 1 and 2, and a bizarre spoken-word anti-crime lecture called The Nation's Nightmare.
4. The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (1964) £3,000.
The Liverpool legends feature at number four with US album Introducing The Beatles on Vee-Jay records fetching up to £3,000,
5. The Beatles/Frank Ifield - England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage (1964) £3,000.
An odd and rare US compilation of Beatles and Frank Ifield tunes released by the same label is fifth and valued at a similar level.
6. Tinkerbell's Fairydust - Tinkerbell's Fairydust (1969) £3,000.
7. AC/DC - 12 Of The Best (1978) £3,000.
8. The Beatles - Yesterday And Today (1966) £2,000.
9. Dark - Dark Round The Edges (1972) £2,000.
10. Hank Mobley - Hank Mobley (1957) £2,000
The full list is published in the December issue of Record Collector, which goes on sale tomorrow.
1. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [limited edition Capitol version] (1967) £70,000.
This sleeve, featuring the faces of music executives in place of the Fab Four, has been declared the world's most valuable record cover. The adapted artwork for the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album is valued at around £70,000.
The heftily-priced limited edition Sgt Pepper sleeve was created for Christmas 1967 to celebrate the success of the album. Sir Peter Blake's original collage image was revamped to insert the faces of US label bosses from Capitol Records, replacing the band and many of the other notable figures who had originally featured, although Bob Dylan and Sonny Liston were among those who were retained.
Only around 100 are thought to have been made, with just three known copies in the hands of collectors.
2. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968). Numbers 1-10 £7,000.
The Beatles are also runners-up in the list, with the first 10 numbered and embossed copies of the white album valued at around £7,000.
The plain cover was designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton, who died in the summer.
3. Madrigals - Magic Key To Spanish Volumes 1 and 2 (1953) £3,500; The Nation's Nightmare (1951),£3,000.
This pair of sleeves were designed by New York artist Andy Warhol, although they are less celebrated than his covers for the Velvet Underground & Nico and the Rolling Stones' Some Girls and Sticky Fingers.
He had been a freelance illustrator before finding huge fame in the 1960s and provided images for a number of LPs, including a language tutorial, Madrigal's Magic Key To Spanish Volumes 1 and 2, and a bizarre spoken-word anti-crime lecture called The Nation's Nightmare.
4. The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (1964) £3,000.
The Liverpool legends feature at number four with US album Introducing The Beatles on Vee-Jay records fetching up to £3,000,
5. The Beatles/Frank Ifield - England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage (1964) £3,000.
An odd and rare US compilation of Beatles and Frank Ifield tunes released by the same label is fifth and valued at a similar level.
6. Tinkerbell's Fairydust - Tinkerbell's Fairydust (1969) £3,000.
7. AC/DC - 12 Of The Best (1978) £3,000.
8. The Beatles - Yesterday And Today (1966) £2,000.
9. Dark - Dark Round The Edges (1972) £2,000.
10. Hank Mobley - Hank Mobley (1957) £2,000
The full list is published in the December issue of Record Collector, which goes on sale tomorrow.
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