{"id":2105792,"date":"2026-08-21T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2105792"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:01:04","slug":"rare-royksopp-melody-a-m-vinyl-with-banksy-cover-sells-for-3720-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2105792","title":{"rendered":"Rare R\u00f6yksopp \u2018Melody A.M.\u2019 vinyl with Banksy cover sells for \u00a33,720 at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Royksopp-Melody-A.M.-artwork-by-Banksy.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rare R\u00f6yksopp \u2018Melody A.M.\u2019 vinyl with Banksy cover sells for \u00a33,720 at auction<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Banksy spray painted 100 copies of the record, with one previously selling for over \u00a38,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Laura Molloy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-21T15:01:04+01:00\">21st August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Royksopp-Melody-A.M.-artwork-by-Banksy-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Ro\u0308yksopp &apos;Melody A.M.\u2019 artwork by Banksy\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">R\u00f6yksopp &#8216;Melody A.M.\u2019 artwork by Banksy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A rare version of R\u00f6yskopp\u2019s 2001 \u2018Melody A.M.\u2018 featuring artwork designed by Banksy has sold for \u00a33,720 at auction. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: R\u00f6yksopp announce \u2018Profound Mysteries II\u2019: \u201cWe want to get your senses going\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The edition of the Norwegian duo\u2019s seminal debut album dates back to 2002, and they sent Banksy 100 blank record sleeves to customise. Banksy then spray-painted the sleeves in green using a bespoke stencil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, one of the copies has sold through Wessex Auction Rooms to a local street-art collector.<\/p>\n<p>The collector initially missed the lot, but immediately contacted the auction house afterwards with an offer of \u00a33,000, before eventually securing the record for \u00a33,720, per <em>BBC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Auctioneer and vinyl expert Martin Hughes told <em>BBC News<\/em> that the high price was driven by Banksy\u2019s artwork, rather than the condition of the record, which had \u201cdefinitely been played\u201d, or even the popularity of R\u00f6yksopp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as Royksopp were a great band,\u201d he said, \u201cyou\u2019re not going to be spending thousands on one of their albums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another version of the album with a Banksy-drawn cover\u00a0sold for $10,465.10 (\u00a38,477.25) on\u00a0<em>Discogs<\/em> in 2019, becoming one of the most expensive vinyl records sold in history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time of its release,\u00a0<em>NME\u00a0<\/em>gave \u2018Melody A.M.\u2019 four stars, in a review that read: \u201cThe music is a spectral combination of bleepy 80s synths, lightly crunching backbeats and dreamy vocals; the mood is pure post-clubbing afterglow, in bed with your loved one, in some snowbound Ikea log cabin. Sounds nice? It is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018In Space\u2019 sprinkles rippling harps over sighing, sampled strings, \u2018Royksopp\u2019s Night Out\u2019 suggests a few hours spent under the Northern Lights rather than a mirrorball (or indeed table), the swaying sample in \u2018So Easy\u2019 irresistibly evokes images of the cuddly monsters from \u2018Where The Wild Things Are\u2019 and \u2018Poor Leno\u2019 is eerie, strangely homoerotic, disco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f6yksopp have remained active in recent years, and Svein Berge of the duo talked to <em>NME\u00a0<\/em>in 2023 about their sound. \u201cWe hail from the club scene. The UK and mainland Europe was very influential on us in our teens \u2013 with the whole rave thing and so on; hence, the Ibiza warmth that one can detect. But also, we unintentionally have those vast soundscapes that come from the Nordic fjords and all the clich\u00e9s. For whatever reason, we always return to that. We like that ambiguity in music where you\u2019re being almost manipulated to feel happy and sad at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In other Banksy news, in April he confirmed that, as was widely believed, he was behind a new London statue of a man blinded by a flag. Before that, last September, Banksy was revealed to be behind a protest artwork on the the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, depicting a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard while a judge, in a wig and gown, looms over him holding a gavel.<\/p>\n<p>It was believed to be a commentary on the arrest of hundreds of people for holding up placards supporting Palestine Action at protests. Later, after the artwork was removed,\u00a0Kneecap\u00a0said it\u00a0had hit the \u201cfucking nail on the head\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXwf7pis6KT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, a builder from London hit out at rumours that he was Banksy, telling those making the claims to \u201cgrow up and get a life\u201d. The builder in question, George Georgiou, had been mistaken for Banksy ever since he was seen installing Perspex around an artwork in Finsbury Park in 2024, which he said he had done as a favour to his sons, who owned the building.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the\u00a0Banksy-designed\u00a0stab-proof vest\u00a0that\u00a0Stormzy\u00a0wore at\u00a0Glastonbury has gone on display at London\u2019s new V&amp;A East as part of a new, landmark exhibition about Black British music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Banksy<\/li>\n<li>R\u00f6yksopp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<div 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A rare version of R\u00f6yskopp\u2019s 2001 \u2018Melody A.M.\u2018 featuring artwork designed by Banksy has sold for \u00a33,720 at auction. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: R\u00f6yksopp announce \u2018Profound Mysteries II\u2019: \u201cWe want to get your senses going\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The edition of the Norwegian duo\u2019s seminal debut album dates back to 2002, and they sent Banksy 100 blank record sleeves to customise. Banksy then spray-painted the sleeves in green using a bespoke stencil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, one of the copies has sold through Wessex Auction Rooms to a local street-art collector.<\/p>\n<p>The collector initially missed the lot, but immediately contacted the auction house afterwards with an offer of \u00a33,000, before eventually securing the record for \u00a33,720, per <em>BBC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Auctioneer and vinyl expert Martin Hughes told <em>BBC News<\/em> that the high price was driven by Banksy\u2019s artwork, rather than the condition of the record, which had \u201cdefinitely been played\u201d, or even the popularity of R\u00f6yksopp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as Royksopp were a great band,\u201d he said, \u201cyou\u2019re not going to be spending thousands on one of their albums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another version of the album with a Banksy-drawn cover\u00a0sold for $10,465.10 (\u00a38,477.25) on\u00a0<em>Discogs<\/em> in 2019, becoming one of the most expensive vinyl records sold in history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time of its release,\u00a0<em>NME\u00a0<\/em>gave \u2018Melody A.M.\u2019 four stars, in a review that read: \u201cThe music is a spectral combination of bleepy 80s synths, lightly crunching backbeats and dreamy vocals; the mood is pure post-clubbing afterglow, in bed with your loved one, in some snowbound Ikea log cabin. Sounds nice? It is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018In Space\u2019 sprinkles rippling harps over sighing, sampled strings, \u2018Royksopp\u2019s Night Out\u2019 suggests a few hours spent under the Northern Lights rather than a mirrorball (or indeed table), the swaying sample in \u2018So Easy\u2019 irresistibly evokes images of the cuddly monsters from \u2018Where The Wild Things Are\u2019 and \u2018Poor Leno\u2019 is eerie, strangely homoerotic, disco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f6yksopp have remained active in recent years, and Svein Berge of the duo talked to <em>NME\u00a0<\/em>in 2023 about their sound. \u201cWe hail from the club scene. The UK and mainland Europe was very influential on us in our teens \u2013 with the whole rave thing and so on; hence, the Ibiza warmth that one can detect. But also, we unintentionally have those vast soundscapes that come from the Nordic fjords and all the clich\u00e9s. For whatever reason, we always return to that. We like that ambiguity in music where you\u2019re being almost manipulated to feel happy and sad at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In other Banksy news, in April he confirmed that, as was widely believed, he was behind a new London statue of a man blinded by a flag. Before that, last September, Banksy was revealed to be behind a protest artwork on the the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, depicting a protester lying on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard while a judge, in a wig and gown, looms over him holding a gavel.<\/p>\n<p>It was believed to be a commentary on the arrest of hundreds of people for holding up placards supporting Palestine Action at protests. Later, after the artwork was removed,\u00a0Kneecap\u00a0said it\u00a0had hit the \u201cfucking nail on the head\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DXwf7pis6KT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, a builder from London hit out at rumours that he was Banksy, telling those making the claims to \u201cgrow up and get a life\u201d. The builder in question, George Georgiou, had been mistaken for Banksy ever since he was seen installing Perspex around an artwork in Finsbury Park in 2024, which he said he had done as a favour to his sons, who owned the building.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the\u00a0Banksy-designed\u00a0stab-proof vest\u00a0that\u00a0Stormzy\u00a0wore at\u00a0Glastonbury has gone on display at London\u2019s new V&amp;A East as part of a new, landmark exhibition about Black British music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rare-royksopp-melody-a-m-vinyl-with-banksy-cover-sells-for-3720-at-auction-3963981&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Royksopp-Melody-A.M.-artwork-by-Banksy.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Rare R\u00f6yksopp \u2018Melody A.M.\u2019 vinyl with Banksy cover sells for \u00a33,720 at auction Banksy spray painted 100 copies of the record, with one previously selling for over \u00a38,000 By Laura Molloy 21st August 2026 R\u00f6yksopp &#8216;Melody A.M.\u2019 artwork by Banksy A rare version of R\u00f6yskopp\u2019s 2001 \u2018Melody A.M.\u2018 featuring artwork [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2105792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2105792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2105792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2105792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2105792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}