Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in April 2021

Discogs is back with another monthly breakdown of the most expensive vinyl, cassettes, and CDs sold in the Discogs Marketplace. If you’re a regular reader of these rankings, you’ll see several recurring acts like Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and more.

In March 2021, we released an updated list of 100 most expensive cassettes ever sold on Discogs with a new No. 1 by the California-based group known as Xero in the 1990s that would later become Linkin Park. There are only a handful of Xero’s self-titled, self-released demo tapes, which explains the leading $4,500 sale price. In April, another copy sold for $2,262.

Paul McCartney is back for the fourth month in a row with McCartney III. This 2020 release on 180-gram color vinyl went for just over $3,000, $3,700, and $2,800 respectively from January through March. As we anticipated, this extremely limited pressing from Third Man Records — only 333 were made, and each is hand-numbered — remains on the list for April with another copy selling for $2,799.

Topping us out at No. 1 is a rare Italian prog-rock album from Capitolo 6. The strangely titled Frutti Per Kagua (Fruit for Kagua) mixes early prog with hard rock and a little Krautrock. The last time a copy sold on Discogs was in 2017 for about half the price.

What’s next for the May list? Better yet, what records have you seen appreciate in value over the last five years?

Jascha Heifetz – Classic Records 45 Series

Sold for $2,195.00
Label: RCA Victor Red Seal, Classic Records
Format: 4xLP, S/Sided, Ltd, RE, RM + 4xLP, S/Sided, Ltd, R
Country: US
Released: 0
Genres: Classical
Styles: N/A
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Reverberation (Doubt)

Sold for $2,195.00
Label: Riviera
Format: 7″, EP
Country: France
Released: 1966
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
Xero – Xero

Sold for $2,262.00
Label: Not On Label (Xero (5) Self-released)
Format: Cass, Smplr
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, Nu Metal
Tipper – Forward Escape

Sold for $2,345.00
Label: Tippermusic
Format: 2xLP, Album, Ltd, 140
Country: UK
Released: 2014
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Glitch, IDM, Downtempo, Ambient
The Leftovers – Cigarettes & Alcohol

Sold for $2,387.00
Label: EMI Custom Records
Format: 7″, EP
Country: Australia
Released: 1979
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Miki Stokes & Spyder Turner – My Troubles Are Over / Get Yourself Together

Sold for $2,430.00
Label: Sounds Of Soul
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 0
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: N/A
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin Volume One

Sold for $2,436.00
Label: Classic Records, Atlantic
Format: 4xLP, Album, RE, 200 + 12″, S/Sided, TP, 180 + Box
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genres: Rock
Styles: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

Sold for $2,439.00
Label: Atlantic
Format: LP, Album, M/Print, Tur
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock
Styles: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here = 炎 (あなたがここにいてほしい)

Sold for $2,493.00
Label: CBS/Sony
Format: CD, Album, Gol
Country: Japan
Released: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock
Nirvana – Bleach

Sold for $2,500.00
Label: Sub Pop
Format: LP, Album, Ltd, Whi
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genres: Rock
Styles: Grunge
NOFX – The Decline

Sold for $2,500.00
Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Format: 12″, Cle
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Eddie Bo – The Other Side Of Eddie Bo

Sold for $2,500.00
Label: Bo-Sound, Bo-Sound
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genres: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Styles: Funk, Soul, Jazz-Funk
Zerfas – Zerfas

Sold for $2,500.00
Label: 700 West
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock
Eric – Eric

Sold for $2,500.00
Label: CEI
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Young Identities – EP

Sold for $2,558.00
Label: Savage Music
Format: 7″, EP
Country: Australia
Released: 1979
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Santana – Abraxas

Sold for $2,560.00
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Columbia, Sony Music Commercial Music Group
Format: 2×12″, Album, Ltd, Num, RE + Box
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genres: Rock, Latin
Styles: Fusion, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Princess Flower And The Moon Rays – Dreaming The Magic Of Your Maya

Sold for $2,710.00
Label: Akashic
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon

Sold for $2,771.00
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Harvest
Format: LP, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, RM
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genres: Rock
Styles: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Paul McCartney – McCartney III

Sold for $2,799.00
Label: Third Man Records, Capitol Records, MPL
Format: LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Yel
Country: US
Released: 2020
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Pop Rock
Mixed Feelings – Sha-La-La / Love Will Find A Way

Sold for $2,950.00
Label: United Records
Format: 7″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico

Sold for $3,110.00
Label: Verve Records
Format: LP, Album, Mono, Eas
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genres: Rock
Styles: Garage Rock, Art Rock, Experimental, Psychedelic Rock
Frankie Beverly And The Butlers – Because Of My Heart

Sold for $3,350.00
Label: Fairmount Records
Format: 7″, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Piero Umiliani – Smog (Musiche Dalla Colonna Sonora Originale)

Sold for $3,373.00
Label: RCA Victor
Format: LP
Country: Italy
Released: 1962
Genres: Jazz, Stage & Screen
Styles: Soundtrack, Modal, Cool Jazz
The Strawbs – Strawberry Music Sampler No.1

Sold for $3,521.00
Label: Strawberry Music
Format: LP
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Prog Rock
Franco Cerri – International Jazz Meeting

Sold for $3,902.00
Label: Columbia
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: Italy
Released: 1961
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop
Ray Pollard – This Time (I’m Gonna Be True)

Sold for $4,225.00
Label: Shrine Records
Format: 7″, Single
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Mirkwood – Mirkwood

Sold for $5,633.00
Label: Flams Ltd
Format: LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Fraction – Moon Blood

Sold for $6,000.00
Label: Angelus Records
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock, Space Rock
The Can – Monster Movie (Made In A Castle With Better Equipment)

Sold for $8,535.00
Label: Music Factory
Format: LP, Album, RP
Country: Germany
Released: 1970
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Experimental
Capitolo 6 – Frutti Per Kagua

Sold for $8,536.00
Label: it
Format: LP, Album, Gat
Country: Italy
Released: 1972
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock