Original pressings of the Sex Pistols‘ controversial 1977 single ‘God Save The Queen‘ have been labelled as ‘the most collectable records’ available today by Record Collector magazine.
The ‘God Save The Queen’ vinyls were originally published by A&M Records, and is claimed by many to have sold the most copies in its week of release, though official charts placed it second behind Rod Stewart‘s ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It‘. Following the public outrage being stoked up by the media around the time of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, A&M Records made the decision to destroy the majority of copies, meaning the surviving records can now sell for around £8,000.
“The Sex Pistols have connected with and attract every new generation that has sprung up since 1977 and the reunion tours, and those Rotten butter adverts, have kept them in the public eye,” says the magazine.
Second on the list, but quite a way behind in value, is The Beatles‘ 1963 debut album ‘Please Please Me‘, who’s ‘mint condition’ copies can be sold for £3,500 a pop, while The Rolling Stones‘ own self-titled debut is is fifth on the list and can command a price of £1,000.
The most recent collectable vinyl on the list is Oasis‘ LP Box-Set, which was issued in 2009. The release, which was limited to just 1,500 copies, can currently fetch £300, though the magazine expects the price to rise in future, calling the Manchester band a ‘good medium-term investment’.
View the full list, via the Telegraph, here.