Valuable vinyl records you might have at home lovemoney staff 12 17 2018.
Are vinyl demo records more valuable.
Brought back from the verge of extinction vinyl record sales are booming due to a renewed interest among younger generations.
This is because a demo or promo record will normally not come with artwork or sleeves which is where a good part of the value lies for most collectors.
Some rare demo records can be worth a good amount of money but normally demo and promo records are worth the same or less than a normal record.
I came into possesion of lots of vinyl marked promo or demo on the cover sometimes it has a saw cut or a bullit hole sometimes not sometimes it s a white label and says it sometimes it s a regular label with no notifications do these vinyls have less value or more are they looked upon in a certain way can somebody give me a history lesson or some facts about them much appreciated.
Records that sold well and are quite common are going to be less valuable than records that sold poorly or are hard to find.
And therefore i assume less promo copies are made than the official release records.
Columbia switched to a 2 eye label in 1961 making the former versions more valuable.
I would then think that because less promo copies exist they are worth more than the official release version.
Next time you go crate diggin keep a keen eye out for any of these records.
This factor is pretty straightforward when it comes to vinyl records value.