A look at the history of sheet music and prices of some notable rock and pop titles discussed in latest column by Stephen M.H. Braitman of MusicAppraisals.com

Goldmine magazine regularly features the latest Beyond Vinyl music memorabilia column. The current edition (Sept. 10, 2009) focuses on sheet music and the emerging collector consciousness of its rarity and value..

A Web version is available on the Goldmine site here.

An excerpt:

It may surprise youthful collectors of modern rock and punk to discover that everyone from Bruce Springsteen to the Sex Pistols has had their own sheet music published. In fact, the body of rock since Elvis Presley in sheet music form is prodigious, though often ignored and not really catalogued to the degree that vinyl has. There are some specialty areas, such as The Beatles, where serious attempts have been made to understand the sheet music landscape, so to speak. But, as in the recent discovery that sheet music had actually been published for David Bowie's first group, Davy Jones & The Kingbees, this is a field for rock music fans that is largely—pardon—uncharted.

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