The Beatles’ White Album is currently the most valuable LP – Rolling Stone

The Beatles currently have the most valuable LP ever. According to one List of Love Antiques A pressing of the 1968 album “The Beatles” fetched $790,000, the equivalent of 522,438 British pounds, at auction. The work, better known as the “White Album,” was owned by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

A 1963 single-sided record of the Beatles single Love Me Do has fetched £80,500 – the only known pressing – while some versions of the Fab Four’s debut album, Please Please Me, have been valued at up to £7,500.

Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin and Queen are also included in the list

The listing also includes an early version of the Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save The Queen’, valued at around £12,000, and a rare copy of U2’s ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’, pressed in Australia on clear vinyl, valued at £5,000. But no other band appears in the rankings as often as the Beatles: they are represented in the top 20 four times, the complete list looks like this:

1. The Beatles – ‘The Beatles’ (White Album) originally owned by Ringo Starr – £522,438.
2. The Quarrymen – ‘That’ll Be The Day/In Spite Of All The Danger’ – £100,000
3. The Beatles – ‘Love Me Do’ – £80,500
4. Jean Michel Jarre – ‘Music For Supermarkets’ – £10,000 – £30,000
5. Frank Wilson – ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ – £25,000
6. Sex Pistols – ‘God Save The Queen’ – £12,000
7. Billy Nicholls – ‘Would You Believe’ – £10,000
8. The Beatles – ‘Please Please Me’ – £7,500
9. Robert Johnson – ‘Kind Hearted Woman Blues’ – £7,000
10. Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody/I’m In Love With My Car’ – £5,000
11. U2 – ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ – £5,000
12. John’s Children – ‘Midsummer Night’s Scene/Sara Crazy Child’ – £4,000
13. Ron Hargrave – ‘Latch On/Only A Daydream’ – £3,000
14. Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin – £3,000
15. The Beatles – ‘Love Me Do/PS I Love You’ – £3,000
16. David Bowie- ‘Space Oddity/Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’ – £3,000
17. Tinkerbells Fairydust – ‘Tinkerbells Fairydust’ – £3,000
18. Madonna – ‘Erotica’ – £2,000
19. Wings – ‘Love is Strange’ – £1,500 – £2,000
20. Tudors Lodges – ‘Tudor Lodge’ – £1,200