Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in August 2020

It’s time for another breakdown of the most expensive vinyl, cassettes, and CDs were sold in the Discogs Marketplace. On the monthly roundup, we can count on seeing classic icons, limited LPs, and a few coveted 7-inch releases.

Let’s starts the most expensive item on the list. The No. 1 spot, which usually goes an older rock record (think The Beatles or David Bowie) and occasionally something fun like this punk 7-inch, has been claimed by a $5,000 test pressing of Metallica’s 1984 album Ride the Lightning. According to the Database, this version was for the Music Connection for Megaforce. And according to the Marketplace, there’s another pressing available — for $7,000.

Now, for the elephant in the room. If your eyes have already scanned the page and your initial reaction was shock at seeing No. 30, we don’t blame you. It’s not often that you see Adolph Hitler on an album cover (especially since any pro-Nazi or any other filth from hate groups is blocked for sale on Discogs).

The controversial cover was replaced with the one above.

“We were in all the national newspapers, on mainstream TV here in the UK, however, we used a historical picture of Adolf Hitler and the Pope on the front cover and suddenly people started refusing to stock it, the UK music mags completely misunderstood the meaning and went for our throats, so we withdrew [Bloodguilt] and changed the sleeve,” Jon Buxton told It’s Psychedelic Baby in 2019. “By the time it was reissued the momentum had gone. Interestingly though, the vinyl test pressing has now become a real collector’s item.”

That “real collector’s item,” which was intended as social commentary and not pro-Hitler, is what you see below. What is the most interesting album cover that you have in your collection?

Heronimus Fin – Bloodguilt

Sold for $1,914.00
Label: Garden Records
Format: LP, Promo, TP
Country: UK
Released: 2001
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Acid Rock
Freddie McGregor, Al Campbell, Audrey Johnson – Born A Free Man / Love And Obey

Sold for $1,933.00
Label: Fab, Studio One
Format: 7″, W/Lbl
Country: UK
Released: 0
Genres: Reggae
Styles: Ska
Catapilla – Changes

Sold for $2,000.00
Label: Vertigo
Format: LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Genres: Rock
Styles: Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock
Spirogyra – Bells, Boots And Shambles

Sold for $2,000.00
Label: Polydor
Format: LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Folk Rock, Folk
Joy Division – Licht Und Blindheit

Sold for $2,049.00
Label: Sordide Sentimental
Format: 7″, Ltd, Num
Country: France
Released: 1980
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave, Post-Punk
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon

Sold for $2,058.00
Label: Harvest, Harvest
Format: LP, Album, Gat
Country: UK
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock
The Beatles – The Beatles Mono Collection

Sold for $2,083.00
Label: Parlophone
Format: Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RP, Red + 11xLP, Album, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1982
Genres: Rock, Blues
Styles: Beat, Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Rock
Yezda Urfa – Boris

Sold for $2,100.00
Label: Not On Label (Yezda Urfa Self-released)
Format: LP
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock
The Beatles – I Feel Fine

Sold for $2,173.00
Label: Emidisc
Format: Acetate, 7″
Country: UK
Released: 1964
Genres: Rock
Styles: Beat, Pop Rock, Rock & Roll
Soul Vibrations – The Dump / I’ve Got To Find A Way

Sold for $2,261.00
Label: Vibrant Records
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Funk
Mayhem – Deathcrush

Sold for $2,371.00
Label: Posercorpse Music
Format: 12″, EP, Ltd
Country: Norway
Released: 1987
Genres: Rock
Styles: Black Metal
Gas – No More Hiroshima

Sold for $2,380.00
Label: 自殺レーベル
Format: Flexi, 7″, S/Sided, Red
Country: Japan
Released: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hardcore, Punk
Trevor With Joe & Glenn / Dermot Lynch – Tender Arms / Something Is Worrying Me

Sold for $2,380.00
Label: Blue Cat Records
Format: 7″, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1968
Genres: Reggae
Styles: N/A
Benita – Time For A Change

Sold for $2,500.00
Label: Fine-Tuned Records
Format: 7″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 0
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Disco
Various – Woodstock: Back To The Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive

Sold for $2,538.00
Label: Rhino Records, Cotillion
Format: 38xCD + Blu-ray + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num
Country: US
Released: 2019
Genres: Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: N/A
Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet – Shades Of Blue

Sold for $2,631.00
Label: Columbia
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1965
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post Bop, Modal
Detroit Sounds Of Friction – I’m Leaving You / Stop Him Girl

Sold for $2,664.00
Label: Heavy Sound, Inc.
Format: 7″, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Moonchild

Sold for $2,900.00
Label: A&M Records
Format: 7″, Single, Mono, TP, Mon
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genres: Rock, Blues
Styles: Delta Blues, Psychedelic Rock
David Bowie – Space Oddity

Sold for $2,941.00
Label: Philips
Format: 7″, Single, Mono, Lar
Country: Portugal
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock
Styles: Classic Rock
Smoke, Inc. – Waitin’ For Love

Sold for $3,250.00
Label: Smoke Records Inc.
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: N/A
Johnny Hallyday – Johnny Chante Hallyday

Sold for $3,333.00
Label: Philips
Format: LP, Album, Mono, Promo, Gat
Country: France
Released: 1965
Genres: Rock
Styles: N/A
The Beatles – Please Please Me

Sold for $3,369.00
Label: Parlophone
Format: LP, Album, Gol
Country: UK
Released: 1963
Genres: Rock
Styles: Beat
Basso Valdambrini Quintet* Plus Dino Piana – Basso Valdambrini Plus Dino Piana

Sold for $3,488.00
Label: Jolly
Format: LP, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 1960
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Modal
Pearl Jam – Oct. 22, 2003 atBenaroya Hall

Sold for $3,499.00
Label: Ten Club
Format: 4xLP, Album, Red + Box, Ltd
Country: US
Released: 2004
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, Acoustic, Grunge
Nirvana – Love Buzz b/w Big Cheese

Sold for $3,499.00
Label: Sub Pop
Format: 7″, Single, Ltd, Num
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genres: Rock
Styles: Grunge
The Dogs – Don’t Try To Help Me

Sold for $3,499.00
Label: Treasure
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genres: Rock, Funk / Soul
Styles: Garage Rock, Soul, Vocal, Instrumental
Phafner – Overdrive

Sold for $3500.00 Label: Dragon Records (5)
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock
ABBA – Hovas Vittne

Sold for $4,095.00
Label: Polar
Format: 12″, Maxi, Red
Country: Sweden
Released: 1981
Genres: Pop
Styles: Vocal
Mellow Candle – Swaddling Songs

Sold for $4,647.00
Label: Deram
Format: LP, Album, Gat
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Genres: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Prog Rock, Folk Rock
Metallica – Ride The Lightning

Sold for $5,000.00
Label: Megaforce Records
Format: LP, Album, TP
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: Heavy Metal