Pre-Beatles Recording is the Most Valuable- An acetate by John Lennon's pre-Beatles band, The Quarrymen, is the world's most expensive record. According to Record Collector magazine, a 1958 Quarrymen acetate demo of ‘That'll Be the Day’ backed with ‘In Spite of All the Danger,’ is valued at more than $319,000.

The rest of the Top 10 is dominated by recordings by The Beatles and The Sex Pistols and a rare pressing of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’

1) The Quarrymen – ‘That'll Be the Day’ b/w ‘In Spite of All the Danger’ (1958, acetate) - $319,000

2) The Quarrymen - 1981 replica of ‘That'll Be the Day’ b/w ‘In Spite of All the Danger’ - $16,000

3) Sex Pistols – ‘God Save the Queen’ b/w ‘No Feelings’ (1977 acetate) - $16,000

4) Sex Pistols – ‘God Save the Queen’ b/w ‘No Feelings’ (1977 - A&M AMS 7284) - $12,700

5) Sex Pistols – ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’ b/w ‘No Fun’ (1977 acetate) - $11,000

6) The Beatles – ‘The Beatles’ (White Album) - 1968 Apple PMC/PCS 7067/8) - $11,000

7) The Beatles – ‘Please Please Me’ (1963, Parlophone PCS 3042) - $8,000

8) Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ b/w ‘I'm In Love With My Car’ (1978 EMI 2375) - $8,000

9) The Beatles – ‘Love Me Do’ b/w ‘P.S. I Love You’ (1962 Parlophone 45-R 4949) - $8,000

10) Sex Pistols – ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’ (1976 acetate) - $8,000