Top 100 Vinyl Record Covers

These are the 100 greatest album covers as chosen by the writers of rolling stone in their november 14th 1991 issue.

Top 100 vinyl record covers.

The fab four top the list. Explore the rolling stone s 100 greatest album covers list by 2tec on discogs. Rolling stone s 100 greatest album covers. Even with 17 53 inflation but more disposable income around and record collecting being popular these days it s a striking difference.

The fab four top the list. If the old list barely made it in the low with the average price of top 5 records at 1958 just a decade later 100 is already way above at 2896 and the list skyrockets to 17 7k as top 5 average. Oddly enough the iconic record was met with mixed reviews rolling stone called. Taylor swift s fifth studio album 1989 was a departure for the singer so it only makes sense that the cover broke with tradition as well.

The album went on to sell over six million copies who knows how many were based solely on the strength of its cover. Beastie boys license to ill back in the time of vinyl this cover was a bit. Create your own list of music and share it with the world. We didn t of course and that s because nearly all of the top 100 of the world s most valuable vinyl records are individually cut acetates test pressings pre production not commercially released items that were never formally released or other items that likely would only have been available to record company.

The debut album from dj shadow is famous for being composed almost entirely of sampled content something that in the age of girl talk may not seem so earth shattering until you realize the content came from hundreds of vinyl records he obtained on numerous journeys to the record store see album cover. Several of the records on the list were quickly pulled because of controversial cover. Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store. 100 pioneering sleeve designs.

From indelible images to perfect portraits the 100 greatest album covers provoke and awe just as much as the contents inside. Led zeppelin led zeppelin 1969 led zeppelin s eponymous debut featured a mix of original material and covers of blues songs including a re recording of the track dazed and confused originally written and recorded by jake holmes which was also covered by jimmy page s old band the yardbirds.