Bowie album selling for £400 on vinyl
COPIES of David Bowie’s chart-topping album Blackstar are selling for more than 10 times their original price, days after his death on January 10.
Vinyl versions of the LP, which is number one in the UK album charts, are being sold for more than £400 as fans scramble to get their hands on a copy.
According to the 2016 edition of Record Collector’s Rare Record Price Guide, mint copies of Bowie’s self-titled debut from 1967 are priced at £800. Top quality copies of 1971’s The Man Who Sold The World are fetching around £700.
Record Collector editor Ian McCann said: “If you want to buy Bowie’s records, our advice is to wait.
“Massive prices for old albums tend to flatten off and fall once demand subsides.
“If you are looking for an investment, we would recommend the original first British pressings of David Bowie’s classic 70s albums.”
As well as splashing out for the music, fans have been paying tribute to the singer by attending concerts around the world.
To mark a week since his death, 900 people crammed into the Union Chapel in Islington, north London, to take part in a marathon fourand-a-half-hour gig.
Established artists such as David McAlmont, The Feeling frontman Dan Gillespie Sells, and The Magic Numbers were among those taking to the stage for the concert.
The event, which overran organisers’ original estimation by two hours, was streamed live on YouTube.