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“Wonderful World” was written by Sam Cooke and Herb Alpert in 1959 and featured on the album, “The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke.” The single, released on Keen Records, can sell for $50.00. The song was a hit for Sam Cooke in 1960 and even a bigger hit for Herman’s Hermits in 1965. Cooke’s version can be heard in the movies, “Animal House” and “Witness.”  Don’t know much about history, don’t know much biology but I do know the album, released on Keen Records in 1960, is worth up to $250.00 today.

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Gladys Knight & the Pips have been together since 1952. They were performing on the road with Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson before Gladys was thirteen. Among their numerous hits over the years are “Neither One of Us” (wants to be the first to say goodbye) and “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Their first hit came in 1961 before Gladys got top billing. “Every Beat of My Heart” was released on three different labels. On Vee Jay and Fury Records, the single is worth nor more than $25.00. However, on Huntom Records, where it lists the artists only as the Pips, the value jumps up to $800.00.

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Ella Fitzgerald is known as the “First lady of Jazz,” working with such Jazz giants as Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. Before her rise to fame she was a lookout for a brothel and ran numbers. But winning an amateur singing contest at the Apollo Theater was her turning point. Of her many records, a dozen of them are each worth up to $100.00 or more like her 1950 “Souvenir Album” on Decca Records and the 1951 “Ella Sings Gershwin” album on Decca.
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In 1963, with the release of the album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” Columbia Records sent radio stations promo copies of “Blowin’ in the Wind.” A copy is worth up to $700.00. Also included was a sleeve, blank on front and a “Rebel with a Cause” description of Dylan on the back, which begins with the words “Twenty-one-year old Bob Dylan has become in one short year the most talked about folk music talent in more than a decade.” The sleeve, as shown here, is also worth up to $700.00 by itself. You can find the value for all “promo” records in “Mighty John’s Promo Records Guide,” by clicking the link in the yellow strip above.

“Elvis Gold Records-Vol.2″ is also known as “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong.” The fact that it not only went gold but also platinum reinforces those words. The cover features several images of Elvis in his famous gold suit made especially for him by Nudie’s of Hollywood. An original copy of the album, released by RCA in 1959, is worth up to $400.00 today.
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Josie and the Pussycats was an animated Saturday morning TV show which ran on CBS in the 1970-1971 season, and in later years as re-runs on both NBC and ABC. To capitalize on the popularity of the series a real girl-group was put together. Among them was a future Charlie’s Angel, Chery Ladd. Playing drums was the drummer for Elvis, Ronnie Lott. The Josie and the Pussycats album, released on Capitol Records in 1970, is worth up to $350.00 today.

Saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, along with Dizzy Gillespie, developed a music sound known as Be-Bop. His nickname came from his love of chickens. No doubt a musical genius, he died before his time at the age of thirty-four. Many of his albums can be very collectible like his three albums from 1948 as shown here. Released on Dial Records, each can sell for $700.00 today.

Mad magazine with its mascot Alfred E Newman has been around since 1952 with its unique satire on popular culture and politics. In 1962, Big Top Records released “Mad Twists Rock N Roll” with the voices of Mike Russo and Jeanne Hayes recording classics like “She Got a Nose Job” and “Please, Betty Jane, When You Gonna Shave Your Legs?” To a record collector the album is worth up to $150.00 today.

Our “Record Appraisal Guide,” lists the values for over a million records. It’s on a flash drive for $24.95.
For HUGE discounts on all our record guides, click on “Mighty John’s Discount Packages” in the yellow strip above… TODAY, with any order, we will include a free “Picture Sleeve Guide,” listing the values for over 10,000 picture sleeves. The picture sleeves that came with 45’s are worth more than the records! Free shipping in U.S.A.!

99% of the time an original release of a record is worth more than a re-issue. But there are exceptions. An example would be the Beatles’ two-sided hit “We Can Work It Out” and “Day Tripper.” An original 1966 copy on an orange and yellow Capitol Records label is worth up to $40.00. Add up to another $40.00 for the picture sleeve. However, a 1969 re issue on a red and white Capitol label, as shown on the left, is worth up to $1,000.00 today.

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Many recording artists in the 1960’s and 70’s made special promotional records for brand name advertisers. Connie Francis released an album in 1961 for Brylcreem with its slogan, “A Little Dab’ll Do ya.” Not a big collectible it’s worth up to $20.00. However, in 1964 the Yardbirds issued a 45 on Epic Records as a promotion for Esquire socks. If title on the record label reads “I Wish You Would,” its worth up to $500.00 with picture sleeve. If it reads “I Wish You Could,” then record with picture sleeve, is worth up to $800.00 today.

Our “Record Appraisal Guide,” lists the values for over a million records. It’s on a flash drive for $24.95.
For HUGE discounts on all our record guides, click on “Mighty John’s Discount Packages” in the yellow strip above… TODAY, with any order, we will include a free “Picture Sleeve Guide,” listing the values for over 10,000 picture sleeves. The picture sleeves that came with 45’s are worth more than the records! Free shipping in U.S.A.!