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The Official Price Guide to Records, 16th Edition
“Wait! Don’t throw out those old albums sitting in the back of your closet! Not without consulting Jerry Osborne’s Official Price Guide to Records.” — Entertainment Weekly
The Official® Price Guide to Records 16th Edition is the most accurate and up-to-date price guide to records. Written by Jerry Osborne, the leading expert in the field, this essential music sourcebook features values for more than one million records and includes listings of singles and albums by more than 40,000 artists representing every style of music, including rock and roll, country and western, soul, pop, jazz, blues, easy listening, new wave, punk, alternative, R&B, and many more. This comprehensive new edition is the only price guide record collectors will ever need.
SPECIAL
·Unique 10-point grading system for more precise record grading.
·Indexed by artist to find record values fast and easy.
·Invaluable information on records of every speed, size, and format.
·Complete guide to Canadian pressings.
·Tips on buying and selling on the Internet.
·Exclusive buyers-sellers directory.
“Jerry Osborne has compiled the most comprehensive series of record collecting handbooks” — Rolling Stone Magazine
“Jerry Osborne is…the guru of record collecting. He was the first…to compile a price
guide….” — Gannett News Service
“Checking out the record listings in Osborne’s guide is as much fun as a sock hop!”
— People magazine
“The best record guides are by Jerry Osborne, whose books have become the blue books
for dealers and collectors.” — Esquire magazine
The Official® Price Guide to Records 16th Edition is the most accurate and up-to-date price guide to records. Written by Jerry Osborne, the leading expert in the field, this essential music sourcebook features values for more than one million records and includes listings of singles and albums by more than 40,000 artists representing every style of music, including rock and roll, country and western, soul, pop, jazz, blues, easy listening, new wave, punk, alternative, R&B, and many more. This comprehensive new edition is the only price guide record collectors will ever need.
SPECIAL
·Unique 10-point grading system for more precise record grading.
·Indexed by artist to find record values fast and easy.
·Invaluable information on records of every speed, size, and format.
·Complete guide to Canadian pressings.
·Tips on buying and selling on the Internet.
·Exclusive buyers-sellers directory.
“Jerry Osborne has compiled the most comprehensive series of record collecting handbooks” — Rolling Stone Magazine
“Jerry Osborne is…the guru of record collecting. He was the first…to compile a price
guide….” — Gannett News Service
“Checking out the record listings in Osborne’s guide is as much fun as a sock hop!”
— People magazine
“The best record guides are by Jerry Osborne, whose books have become the blue books
for dealers and collectors.” — Esquire magazine
768 pages, Paperback
First published June 12, 1985
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July 11, 2021
When I owned a used cd shop, I carried vinyl, so this book came in very handy, keeping me from occasionally underselling a gem. I think my patrons would've loved to have seen this book burned. I'm glad I had it as it is an indispensable reference for the record collector!
Regardless of genre, nearly everything in the English language under the sun committed to vinyl is listed from A to Z. Under each artist's name are sections for singles and LPs. The record company's label is given with the years the artist was under contract with them, and then comes the price range for the average value of the records produced during that time for that label.
In special cases the information may be broken down further. Such is often the case with particularly well selling singles or rarities. And then occasionally there will be a slight bit of extra information, perhaps about a record's certain peculiarity or other associated acts the artist performed with or as.
However, there is't much extra information, after all, Osborne had a lot of records to get through, so verbosity is kept to a minimum. As such, while the book has just about every imaginable album from the days when records were king, it certainly doesn't contain everything. Yeah, you can find '80s stuff like The Smiths or even some early hardcore like Husker Du, but all those punks and emo kids of the early to mid-90s putting out the 7"s? They're on their own.
It's been fun going through my own sizable collection to see if I've got anything valuable. For the better part of a year I was convinced I had a Beatles LP worth $20,000. Deep research and magnifying-glass-precise inspection unveiled its significantly lower value. When I discovered the truth I let out a very loud FUCK!!!
Regardless of genre, nearly everything in the English language under the sun committed to vinyl is listed from A to Z. Under each artist's name are sections for singles and LPs. The record company's label is given with the years the artist was under contract with them, and then comes the price range for the average value of the records produced during that time for that label.
In special cases the information may be broken down further. Such is often the case with particularly well selling singles or rarities. And then occasionally there will be a slight bit of extra information, perhaps about a record's certain peculiarity or other associated acts the artist performed with or as.
However, there is't much extra information, after all, Osborne had a lot of records to get through, so verbosity is kept to a minimum. As such, while the book has just about every imaginable album from the days when records were king, it certainly doesn't contain everything. Yeah, you can find '80s stuff like The Smiths or even some early hardcore like Husker Du, but all those punks and emo kids of the early to mid-90s putting out the 7"s? They're on their own.
It's been fun going through my own sizable collection to see if I've got anything valuable. For the better part of a year I was convinced I had a Beatles LP worth $20,000. Deep research and magnifying-glass-precise inspection unveiled its significantly lower value. When I discovered the truth I let out a very loud FUCK!!!
January 19, 2009
I don't use price guides much any more (I mostly use online devices of one kind or another), but this is one of the better ones, and this edition is far superior to the weaker later editions.
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