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“Electric Ladyland” was the last album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The double album was the band’s only number one album. By mid-November in 1968, it had reached number 1 on the Billboard’s Top LPs chart. Released by Reprise Records, a copy with an orange and brown record label is worth up to $600.00. A copy with only a brown record label is a re issue and worth no more than $15.00 (All issues and re issues of every record are described in detail in Mighty John’s “Record Appraisal Guide,” available in the left hand column.)

In 1967, Capitol Records released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles. The inspiration is said to have come when roadie Mal Evans innocently asked McCartney what the letters “S” and “P” stood for on the pots on their in-flight meal trays, and McCartney explained it was for salt and pepper. This then led to the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band concept, as well as the song. A stereo copy is worth up to $150.00. Make it $500.00 for a mono copy.

RCA was the first record company to issue 45’s in both mono and stereo and the difference in value can be quite significant. In 1960, Elvis Presley had one of his biggest hits with “Are You Lonesome Tonight.” A mono copy, as seen on the left, is valued up to $20.00. Add up to another $50.00 for the picture sleeve a seen here. A stereo copy,seen on the right, can jump the value up to $800.00.

“A whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum was literally an anthem during the summer of love in 1967 and one of the best-selling singles in history. There have been over 1,000 cover versions by other recording artist. The 45 on Deram Records is worth up to $20.00 with another $20.00 for the picture sleeve. The self-title album featuring the hit can be another story. Mono or stereo copies with poster and cover sticker as seen on the right are worth up to $500.00. Without the poster and cover sticker as seen on the left are worth up to $250.00.

“You Can’t Hurry Love” was a number # 1 hit for the Supremes in 1966. Billboard named the song number 19 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. Released on Motown Records, the single itself is worth not much more than $15.00. However, the picture sleeve as seen here is valued up to $125.00.

“Highway 61 Revisited,” is considered one of Bob Dylan’s greatest albums. It ranks #18 on Rolling Stones’ list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Most copies, with a regular version of “From a Buick 6” are worth up to $50.00. However, versions of the album with a harmonica riff at the beginning of “From a Buick 6” can sell for $350.00 today.

“Meet the Temptations” was the debut album for one of Motown’s best-known super groups. Although David Ruffin would become the leader, he sings lead only on the hit, “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” featured on the album. All other tracks feature Elbridge “Al” Bryant as lead singer. Bryant was fired shortly before the release of the album and David Ruffin became the star. Released in 1964, a copy is worth up to $125.00 today.

“American IV: The Man Comes Around” is the sixty-seventh album from Johnny Cash and the last prior to his death. Released by American Recordings and Universal Records in 2002, it is the fourth in Cash’s “American” series, and is considered some of his finest work towards the end of his life. The album was also listed in the book, “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.” The 2-disc set is worth up to $200.00 today.

“What’d I Say” is rock and roll and soul classic created live after a show with a little time left. The song with the response from the backup singers was so electrifying that Ray decided immediately that he had to record it. With so many hits, many say it is still his “signature” song. Released in 1959 on Atlantic records, the 45 is worth up to $40.00. The 78-rpm version up to $300.00 and the album up to $40.00 on a red record label and up to $200.00 on a black record label.

The first record by the Rolling Stones, released in the U.S, was called, “Stoned.” Radio stations balked at the idea of playing it because of its implied drug reference. London Records then tried to plug the flip side, “I Wanna Be Your Man,” but to no avail. Both sides are pictured here. A original copy is worth up to $12,000.00.