That Record is Worth How Much?!

That Record is Worth How Much?!

What is the most valuable 45 rpm 7” record? Here’s a hint. It’s also the most valuable soul record, and the most valuable Motown record. The answer is… Frank Wilson’s "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)". The song was the only single that featured Motown producer Frank Wilson singing. After ordering 250 promotional copies, Label president Berry Gordy decided that the vocal wasn’t up to snuff, and he already wasn’t a fan of his producers being recording artists, so he ordered all of them to be destroyed. Legend has it that five copies are known to exist. One of those five sold in 2023 for 100,000 British sterling… that’s roughly 125,000 US dollars! What happened to the other four? One is said to be in the possession of Berry Gordy, which makes sense. The others are either in private collections, or somewhere out there in the wild. Happy hunting!

 

 

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