Bruce Springsteen, Spirit in the Night (1973)
Do you have any idea how rare it is to find an original pressing of the first Bruce Springsteen single? The promotional copies can fetch you hundreds, but the original pressing is believed to be worth as much as $5,000. The Boss recorded “Spirit in the Night” for the full-length debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Despite its critical acclaim, neither the LP or single sold well back then. The musician only made it big when he released Born to Run, his third album! “Spirit in the Night” is still a crowd favorite, however.
Bruce Springsteen, Spirit in the Night (1973)
Century Symphony Orchestra, Waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr. (1956)
You would be wrong if you thought that there would be no classical music on this list. Record companies usually got the help of unknown artists to work on the album covers of classical and jazz releases. They had no idea that the starving artist who worked on this would be a star in the art world. That person was none other than Andy Warhol! As far as people know, there are only 7 copies of the record. In 2012, one such copy sold for a sweet $5,500. There is another one on display at the Andy Warhol Museum.
Century Symphony Orchestra, Waltzes by Johann Strauss, Jr. (1956)
