Top 10 Rarest Records Atlas Records Sold In February 2025

Being the shortest month didn't do anything to impact the rarity of the records we sold! 

This month's rarest record list features some niche psychedelic rock from the likes of 1960s artists Ramases and Andromeda, as well as some more modern picks from Sleaford Mods and Temple of the Dog.

Did any of your favourites make the cut? Read on to discover the top ten rarest records we sold in February 2025.

Coming in at number ten is a first pressing of Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones. The earliest issues can be identified by the genuine metal zipper on the front of the sleeve, which unzips to reveal underwear beneath the jeans. The other indicator of a UK first press is the lack of “A Promotone N.V. RECORD” on the labels.

Released in 2013, only 300 copies of this Sleaford Mods first pressing were made. This first press can be identified by the lack of barcode on the sleeve and was not released sealed in shrink-wrap. Not only was this the first pressing of this album, but it was the first LP they ever released on vinyl, with their five previous albums only seeing CD releases.

Seeing only two UK pressings, this first press in 1971 and a repress in 1973, this psychedelic rock release by Ramases is pretty rare. His real name was Kimberley Barrington Frost, and under the name Ramases, he released two LPs and a few singles. Sadly, a year after the release of his second album ("Glass Top Coffin"), he died, having reportedly committed suicide. 

First released in 1968, this reissue of "Electric Ladyland" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience came out in 1972. The differences between the first pressings and later pressings of this album are very minor, down to differences in label layout, text size, sleeve layout and matrix etchings.

A classic, and one we get to see quite often (despite being fairly rare!) this first mono pressing of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles was our sixth rarest record sold in February. This one was complete with the green "cut-outs" insert, copies that come with the psychedelic design inner sleeve are even more sought after.

A collaboration by Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone (featured in our January Rarest Records post). The Temple of the Dog project was initiated as a tribute to Andrew Wood, vocalist for Mother Love Bone. This album also features the first ever recorded appearance of Eddie Vedder, a key member of Pearl Jam.

Pink Floyd's second studio album, "A Saucerful of Secrets", was first released in 1968. What made our copy additionally interesting is that it was a misprint, featuring an error on the label for track A1 - "Let There Me More Light" instead of "Let There Be More Light." Like many albums of the time, the earliest pressings come as either mono or stereo issues. 

Into the final three for the month of February! This is the third time since November that this album has made our top ten list, making this a very much in-demand album. The best copies of this will come with the original and very attractive Vertigo swirl inner sleeve.

One we were very excited to get our hands on, this is an example of the first album ever released by Genesis, in 1969. Much like other late 1960s releases, it was released in both mono and stereo pressings, with the mono editions being significantly rarer. We were lucky enough to come across both this stereo version and a mono version within a couple of months of each other.

Onto the very rarest record we sold in February... This is a copy of "Andromeda" by Andromeda, an English psychedelic rock band from the late '60s. They didn't stick together for long, however, and split up in 1970, when John Du Cann left to join the more well-known Atomic Rooster.