Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in March 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 David Bowie, Nirvana, The Beatles, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and more.

March is continuing the trend of modern artists with high-priced collectibles, which was seen on our lists of the most expensive sales in both January and February 2021. Below, you’ll find a 2019 box set from Ozzy Osbourne, a 2014 box set of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, and a coveted 2016 box set release from Santana.

Paul McCartney spends the third month in a row on this ranking with McCartney III. This 2020 release on 180-gram color vinyl went for just over $3,000 in January and $3,700 in February. In March, a copy sold for $2,800, and we suspect this extremely limited pressing from Third Man will likely remain on the list through 2021 — only 333 were made, and each is hand-numbered.

Topping us out at No. 1 is a rare soul album from Tamala Lewis, who worked with George Clinton at Jobete in the early 1960s. Only one other copy has been sold through the Marketplace and, according to the Database, just eight lucky Discogs users have one.

What’s next for the April list? Based on sales trends following an artist’s passing, there’s a good chance we’ll see DMX, Shock G, or Jim Steinman.

David Bowie – [Five Years 1969-1973]

Sold for $1,807.00
Label: Parlophone
Format: Box, Comp, Ltd, RM + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE
Country: N/A
Released: 2015
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Glam
Grateful Dead – 30 Trips Around The Sun

Sold for $1,807.00
Label: Rhino Records
Format: 80xCD + 7″ + Box, Ltd
Country: US
Released: 2015
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
Cricet – Flossin

Sold for $1,950.00
Label: RWI Records
Format: CD, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genres: Hip Hop
Styles: Gangsta
The Cautions – No Other Way

Sold for $2,000.00
Label: Shrine Records
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Bow Street Runners – Bow Street Runners

Sold for $2,000.00
Label: B.T. Puppy Records
Format: LP
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
Ozzy Osbourne – See You On The Other Side

Sold for $2,048.00
Label: Sony Music, Epic, Legacy
Format: Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Sig + LP, Album, Red + 12″, E
Country: USA, Canada & Europe
Released: 2019
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Organisation – Tone Float

Sold for $2,058.00
Label: RCA Victor
Format: LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1970
Genres: Rock
Styles: Experimental, Krautrock
Santana – Abraxas

Sold for $2,117.00
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
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Sold for $2,139.00
Label: Columbia
Format: Box, Dlx, Ltd + 2xLP, Album, 180 + 10″ + M/Stick,
Country: US
Released: 2014
Genres: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Non-Music, Pop
Styles: Disco, Funk, Electro, Synth-pop, Interview
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

Sold for $2,168.00
Label: Harvest, Nimbus Records
Format: LP, Album, Ltd, RE
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: N/A
Freddie Redd Quintet – Shades Of Redd

Sold for $2,261.00
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
Mina – L’Ultima Occasione (English Lyrics) / Tattaratta (English Lyrics)

Sold for $2,293.00
Label: Emidisc
Format: Acetate, 7″, Ace
Country: UK
Released: 0
Genres: Pop
Styles: N/A
Celest Hardie – You’re Gone / That’s Why I Cried

Sold for $2,361.00
Label: Reynolds Records
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Rhythm & Blues
The Velvet Underground & Nico – Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale

Sold for $2,409.00
Label: Verve Records
Format: 7″, Single, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genres: Rock
Styles: Avantgarde, Psychedelic Rock
The Beatles – The Beatles In Mono

Sold for $2,409.00
Label: Apple Records
Format: Box, Comp, Ltd, RM + 11xLP, Album, Mono, RE + 3xLP
Country: N/A
Released: 2014
Genres: Rock
Styles: Beat, Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Rock
Daybreak – Everything Man / I Need Love

Sold for $2,800.00
Label: PAP
Format: 7″, Single
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Sahib Shihab And The Danish Radio Jazz Group – Sahib Shihab And The Danish Radio Jazz Group

Sold for $2,917.00
Label: Oktav
Format: LP, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 1965
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Modal, Big Band
Paul McCartney – McCartney III

Sold for $2,999.00
Label: Third Man Records, Capitol Records, MPL
Format: LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Yel
Country: US
Released: 2020
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Pop Rock
The Dicks – The Dicks Hate The Police

Sold for $3,000.00
Label: Radical Records
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Tina Brooks – True Blue

Sold for $3,207.00
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
The Beatles – The Beatles

Sold for $3,835.00
Label: Apple Records
Format: 2xLP, Album, Mono, M/Print, Num
Country: UK
Released: 1968
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock, Experimental
Rob – Make It Fast, Make It Slow

Sold for $3,928.00
Label: Essiebons
Format: LP, Album
Country: Ghana
Released: 1978
Genres: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Soul, Funk, Afrobeat, Gospel
Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’

Sold for $4,705.00
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
Nirvana – Love Buzz b/w Big Cheese

Sold for $4,941.00
Label: Sub Pop
Format: 7″, Single, Ltd, Num
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genres: Rock
Styles: Grunge
The Can – Monster Movie (Made In A Castle With Better Equipment)

Sold for $5,800.00
Label: Music Factory (20)
Format: LP, Album, RP
Country: Germany
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Experimental
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

Sold for $6,164.00
Label: Atlantic
Format: LP, Album, Tur
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock
Styles: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Analogy – Analogy

Sold for $6,176.00
Label: Dischi Produzioni Ventotto, Dischi Produzioni Ventotto
Format: LP, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 1972
Genres: Rock
Styles: Krautrock, Prog Rock
Damon – Song Of A Gypsy

Sold for $6,500.00
Label: Ankh
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Acid Rock
Cherry Five – Cherry Five

Sold for $6,547.00
Label: Cinevox
Format: LP, Album, Gat
Country: Italy
Released: 1975
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock
Tamala Lewis – You Won’t Say Nothing

Sold for $6,999.00
Label: Marton Records
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul