Today we’re revealing quarterly reporting from three categories within the Discogs Database and Marketplace. We break down the increasing growth of user collections based on new (2017/2018, inclusive of reissues) and catalog releases. We then take a look at the Most Expensive Items Sold via Discogs over the course of the third quarter of 2018. We also have the Top 20 Best Selling Release Variations, which looks at the distinct release variants that are selling across the Discogs Marketplace. By breaking sales down to a variant level, we’re able to surface other leading releases that aren’t rolled under a singular master release.
View the Discogs Q3 2018 Highlights and Analysis Below:
Number of Submissions

Most Collected Releases
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New Releases
John ColtraneBoth Directions At Once: The Lost Album
GorillazThe Now Now
Guns N’ RosesAppetite For Destruction*
Aphex TwinCollapse EP
GhostPrequelle
MitskiBe The Cowboy
Kanye WestYe
DeafheavenOrdinary Corrupt Human Love
Nine Inch NailsBad Witch
The SilvertonesSilver Bullets*
Arctic MonkeysTranquility Base Hotel + Casino
InterpolMarauder
ImmortalNorthern Chaos Gods
Kamasi WashingtonHeaven And Earth
SleepThe Sciences
U2Achtung Baby
Florence And The MachineHigh As Hope
Alice In ChainsRainier Fog
Paul McCartneyEgypt Station
FeistLet It Die*
- * denotes reissue
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Catalog Releases
Pink FloydThe Dark Side Of The Moon
Michael JacksonThriller
Pink FloydThe Wall
The BeatlesAbbey Road
The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Pink FloydWish You Were Here
Fleetwood MacRumours
Led ZeppelinUntitled
The BeatlesThe Beatles
Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin II
Dire StraitsBrothers In Arms
NirvanaNevermind
AC/DCBack In Black
David BowieThe Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin
Black SabbathParanoid
Bruce SpringsteenBorn In The U.S.A.
EaglesHotel California
The BeatlesRevolver
Pink FloydAnimals
Most Expensive Items Sold
- Pink Floyd – Ummagumma$13,793.10 | 2xLP, Promo, Red
- Davie Jones & The King Bees – Liza Jane$3,947.36 | 7″
- Opus – The Atrocity / Good Procedures$3,500.00 | 7″
- Mirkwood – Mirkwood$3,289.47 | LP
- Jean Dubuffet – Pleure et Applaudit$2,872.41 | 10″, Limited Edition, Numbered
- The Fly-Bi-Nites – Come On Up / Found Love$2,800.00 | 7″
- Ray Pollard – This Time / No More Like Me$2,800.00 | 7″
- The Smiths – Reel Around The Fountain / Jeane$2,763.16 | 7″, Test Pressing
- David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World$2,758.62 | LP
- The Beatles – Please Please Me$2,528.74 | LP, Mono, Black
- The Yum Yums – Looky, Looky / Gonna Be A Big Thing$2,525.00 | 7″, Promo
- Lazy Smoke – Corridor Of Faces$2,500.00 | LP
- David Robert Jones – You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving$2,298.85 | 7″
- Gary Walker & The Rain – Album No. 1$2,298.84 | LP
- Agnostic Front – United Blood e.p.$2,200.00 | 7″, EP, Skinhead B-side Label
- Ronnie Dio And The Prophets – Dio At Domino’s$2,200.00 | LP
- Dangerous Rhythm – No, No, No$2,099.00 | 7″, EP
- Christian Schwindt Quintet – For Friends And Relatives$2,046.90 | LP
- Guided By Voices – Propeller$2,000.00 | LP, Numbered, White Label
- The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band$1,973.68 | LP
Top 20 Best Selling Release Variations
- Peggy Gou – Once12″, EP
- Various – Napoli Segreta Volume 112″, Compilation
- Ryo Fukui – SceneryVinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180g
- Frank Ocean – Endless2xLP, Single Sided, Etched
- DJ Koze – Pick Up12″
- Nu Guinea – Nuova NapoliLP, Album
- Skee Mask – Compro2xLP
- Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss12″, 45 RPM, Single, Picture Disc
- Tracy Chapman – Tracy ChapmanLP, Matte Sleeve
- Nat Birchall meets Alan ”Breadwinner” Redfern Featuring Vin Gordon – Sounds AlmightyLP, Limited Edition
- Nu Guinea – Nuova NapoliLP, Repress, 3rd & 4th Repress
- Susumu Yokota – Acid Mt. Fuji2xLP, Remastered, 180g
- Prince And The Revolution – Purple RainLP, Allied Pressing
- Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Etched
- Sleep – Leagues Beneath12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Etched
- Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (Rave Yard Mix)10″, 45 RPM, Single Sided, Unofficial Release, White Label
- Various – Welcome To Paradise Vol. III: Italian Dream House 90-942xLP, Compilation
- Mariya Takeuchi – VarietyLP, Gatefold
- Midland – Final Credits12″, EP
- A.A.L. (Against All Logic) – 2012–20172xLP
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