Monday, November 14, 2011. The 10 Most Valuable Record Covers. I know some of you reading this will find it hard to believe, but once upon a time the cover of a vinyl record was a major selling point to the album. Sometimes people actually took a chance on a record because the cover was so cool, never happens today.
1 Marquis de Lafayette was a French general who played an important part during the Revolutionary War. 2  He helped the colonists against the British. 3  He volunteered his time and money to help the Americans.
On October 20, 1781, the day after the surrender of about 7,000 British and German soldiers at Yorktown, the Marquis de Lafayette wrote home to France exulting âthe play is over â¦ the fifth act has just ended.â Yorktownâs own General Thomas Nelson gave a more cautious, and slightly less optimistic, appraisal.