Product Description

“Wait! Don’t throw out those old albums sitting in the back of your closet! Not without consulting Jerry Osborne’s Official Price Guide to Records.” — Entertainment Weekly

The Official® Price Guide to Records 16th Edition is the most accurate and up-to-date price guide to records. Written by Jerry Osborne, the leading expert in the field, this essential music sourcebook features values for more than one million records and includes listings of singles and albums by more than 40,000 artists representing every style of music, including rock and roll, country and western, soul, pop, jazz, blues, easy listening, new wave, punk, alternative, R&B, and many more. This comprehensive new edition is the only price guide record collectors will ever need.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
·Unique 10-point grading system for more precise record grading.
·Indexed by artist to find record values fast and easy.
·Invaluable information on records of every speed, size, and format.
·Complete guide to Canadian pressings.
·Tips on buying and selling on the Internet.
·Exclusive buyers-sellers directory.


“Jerry Osborne has compiled the most comprehensive series of record collecting handbooks” — Rolling Stone Magazine

“Jerry Osborne is…the guru of record collecting. He was the first…to compile a price
guide….” — Gannett News Service

“Checking out the record listings in Osborne’s guide is as much fun as a sock hop!”
— People magazine

“The best record guides are by Jerry Osborne, whose books have become the blue books
for dealers and collectors.” — Esquire magazine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135120 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-12
• Released on: 2002-11-12
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 768 pages

From the Publisher
Jerry Osborne is Mr. Music -- there's no doubt about that! His weekly feature, "Mr. Music" -- has been in newspaper syndication since 1986. He has been a record collector for nearly 40 years, and an author of record price guides and reference works since 1975! Plus, he's a blast to work with -- what more could a hard-working editor ask for? If you have the chance to listen to one of Jerry's radio or TV interviews, don't miss the opportunity.

OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO RECORDS was growing so fast and furious that we had to grow the size of the book or it would burst at the seams! The 12th edition has over 600 pages of listings and photos of LPs, 45s and more.

--Randy Ladenheim-Gil, Editor, House of Collectibles

Inside Flap Copy
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO RECORD COLLECTING,

WITH MORE THAN 100,000 PRICES LISTED!



The second the recording industry stopped producing vinyl records, classic 78s, 45s, and LPs spun into an even hotter area of collecting. From ABBA to The Zombies, B. B. King to Queen Latifah, Elvis to Madonna, The Official Price Guide to Records is the ultimate resource, including more than 10,000 artists.



[ ] COMPREHENSIVE. This complete sourcebook lists every charted hit single and album from as early as 1926 to the superstars of today, including crossover hits from jazz, country, rhythm and blues, and soul charts--plus promotional records, limited editions, compilations, and picture sleeves.



[ ] CLEARLY ORGANIZED. Indexed by artist and group for fast, easy access, each record is easily identified by label, manufacturer's catalog number, date, and format.



[ ] WRITTEN BY THE EXPERT. Nationally renowned author and syndicated columnist Jerry Osborne has combed dealer lists, auctions, record shows, and polled collectors from every U.S. state and around the world for the most accurate pricing information.



[ ] INVALUABLE TIPS. Sound advice on buying, selling, grading, and caring for your collectible records.



[ ] FULLY ILLUSTRATED. Packed with photographs, including an eight-page color insert.





HOUSE OF COLLECTIBLES

Serving collectors for more than thirty-five years

Customer Reviews

give it up!
welp..here it is.another book by jellyroll that says read it and become an expert!
really now.come on.
jerrys books have been going downhill for decades in my opinion.
his early books were great and showed great pics of rare 45s although they ignored 78s mostly untill ten years ago.
but the quality of this book and to honest the last ten or so has been decreasin down to the level of a newspaper.if fact its so bad that if you are blessed with bad eyesight like me,you shouldnt waste your time on this at all.
worse yet there are countless horrid errors.
many groups are thrown together only because they had the same name(although jerry is a nice guy and you can write or call him and tell him if he messes up or if you wanna contribute to his books.)
my real pet peeve on his guides are not only the horrible print,but the awfull and often pointless pictures given on individual pages.
like we wanna see some of these records at all?let alone in black and white>???
many color pics are now included but are mindlessly thrown in.
much attention if i want to be fair is elvis gets a load of attention..but its too confusing.
by the time i found a few of his titles to price my eyeballs were hurting and popping out!
last but not least,many artists have only labels and numbers listed.no names of the records.
sigh.
but if you want it buy it.
its a good book if you are starting out or if you are into whitburn who will probably do his own gudes eventually.
sorry jerry but thats how i feel after all the dough is spent.

VERY Misleading Title!!
My low score for this book is based not so much on the book's content but on how it is titled and marketed. The title should be "The Official Price Guide to ROCK Records," because that's basically what it is. I purchased this book as a reference for records BEFORE the Rock era and found it virtually useless for that purpose. I am an antique dealer and most of the records I come across are from the 1940s and before. For example, I wanted to reference vintage records on the original cast of the musical "South Pacific", early Lawerence Welk, Gordon MacCrae, 1940s "Peter Pan" Children's records--not exactly "obscure" artists. NONE of these records were listed. For goodness sake, the book even contains a explanation in it's introduction on how its [precious few] "NON-ROCK" records (yes, they actually used the term "non rock")were selected for inclusion! If that's not a dead give away as to this book being basically a ROCK record reference I don't know what is! If you want a reference for ROCK music this may be your cup of tea, but if you seek to research "non rock" records this is NOT the book you want. I'm returning mine today!

guide to records
The book was very informative about history of records. I was looking for something that would help me with pricing, unfortunately this book did not help.