As more people than ever are starting to collect vinyl, previous world records concerning the sale of of vinyl records are almost constantly being smashed. Last year a new world record for the most expensive album of all time was awarded to a unknown buyer for paying a cool £790,000 for The White Album.
The previous record was for the sale of Elvis Presley's first single "My Happiness", which sold for £30,000 and was held by none other than Jack White (you can read my article about his upcoming release here).
The most expensive album to ever be sold is technically Wu Tang's "Once Upon a Time In Shaolin", which was purchased by Martin Shrkeli for £2 million back in 2015. But because it was the only copy of the album to be sold Guinness dismissed the claim (albums have to be sold commercially to gain the award).
Ringo chose to sell his own copy of The White Album, issue number 0000001 I might add, in order to donate money to the Lotus Foundation, a charity with whose goal is to advance social welfare in many aspects, including cancer research and substance abuse programs.
You can listen to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", taken from The White Album here.
Words: Liam Navey.
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