Year: 1963
Record label: Parlophone
Worth Today: $4,200*

The Beatles were in such hot demand in 1963 that their album Please Please Me had to be rushed through production at a great speed. There wasn’t time to be fussy as they needed seven songs to meet their deadline. The band toiled overnight to get the album finished in time, despite the fact that John Lennon had a terrible cold. 

You’ll notice that the songwriter credits on the vinyl are credited to “McCartney-Lennon.” This was before the credits would read “Lennon-McCartney.” Rolling Stone would later cite this album was “early evidence” of the innovative idea of a “self-contained rock band” that played its own instruments and wrote its own hit songs. 

The story behind the album helps rare copies sell for over $4,000. They have to be in good condition for buyers to take a keen interest, but even if they’re not mint they can still fetch a couple of thousand.