Rare Vinyl Test Pressings to be Auctioned for BRIT Trust Music Charity
Includes releases by Coldplay, Queen, Iggy Pop, Amy Winehouse and more
The White Label Auction in aid of The BRIT Trust – which is dedicated exclusively to the sale of “white label” test pressings – will take place on Tuesday 7 October.
For sale:
170 lots will go under the hammer.
They include artist-signed white label copies of albums by Coldplay (Music of the Spheres and Live In Buenos Aires); Ed Sheeran (Play); Chemical Brothers (Exit Planet Dust); Iggy Pop (Free); Robbie Williams (Life Thru A Lens and I’ve Been Expecting You) and more.
Also up for grabs is a white label 7” test pressing of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”; Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black; Black Sabbath’s Paranoid; and other releases by artists such as ABBA, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The Who, Nick Drake, The 1975, Wet Leg and more.
The auction is now live and accepting bids here.
Charity:
In its five editions to date, the White Label Auction has generated well over £160,000 for The BRIT Trust, which works to improve lives through the power of music and the creative arts.
The White Label Auction in aid of The BRIT Trust – which is dedicated exclusively to the sale of “white label” test pressings – will take place on Tuesday 7 October.
For sale:
170 lots will go under the hammer.
They include artist-signed white label copies of albums by Coldplay (Music of the Spheres and Live In Buenos Aires); Ed Sheeran (Play); Chemical Brothers (Exit Planet Dust); Iggy Pop (Free); Robbie Williams (Life Thru A Lens and I’ve Been Expecting You) and more.
Also up for grabs is a white label 7” test pressing of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”; Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black; Black Sabbath’s Paranoid; and other releases by artists such as ABBA, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The Who, Nick Drake, The 1975, Wet Leg and more.
The auction is now live and accepting bids here.
Charity:
In its five editions to date, the White Label Auction has generated well over £160,000 for The BRIT Trust, which works to improve lives through the power of music and the creative arts.
The White Label Auction in aid of The BRIT Trust – which is dedicated exclusively to the sale of “white label” test pressings – will take place on Tuesday 7 October.
For sale:
170 lots will go under the hammer.
They include artist-signed white label copies of albums by Coldplay (Music of the Spheres and Live In Buenos Aires); Ed Sheeran (Play); Chemical Brothers (Exit Planet Dust); Iggy Pop (Free); Robbie Williams (Life Thru A Lens and I’ve Been Expecting You) and more.
Also up for grabs is a white label 7” test pressing of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”; Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black; Black Sabbath’s Paranoid; and other releases by artists such as ABBA, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The Who, Nick Drake, The 1975, Wet Leg and more.
The auction is now live and accepting bids here.
Charity:
In its five editions to date, the White Label Auction has generated well over £160,000 for The BRIT Trust, which works to improve lives through the power of music and the creative arts.
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This story was written with information from The White Label Auction’s press release.
We covered it because it relates to the sale of historic music releases.
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