Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold In Discogs Marketplace For July 2019

It’s happening again, folks! Life is full of coincidences. As I’m writing this, Melody A.M. by Röyksopp is turning 18. At the age of eighteen, in most countries, you can get ready to vote for the first time, drink your first beer, be part of a popular jury, move out of your parents’ house… Life is exciting when you’re eighteen! But the reason why the debut album by Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp has crowned our Top 30 for the second time in just a couple of months isn’t linked exclusively to the music (just for the record, this album is a modern classic).

We mentioned it before and we’ll mention it now. Owning the ultra-limited edition of this double-LP, with just 100 copies available might be your only chance to own an original painting by Banksy. We know this is going to sound insane, but 8,178 bucks isn’t a bad price for a piece hand-sprayed by the most influential street artist on Earth. And also, we’re quite sure that the album cover won’t self-destruct once it arrives in the hands of its lucky new owner.

Is this everything that happened on July 2019 in our Marketplace? Forget about it! This is the first time I have ever spotted a single by the wildly successful nineties British girl group Spice Girls. Apparently, someone really loves Geri Halliwell, since this promotional Australian single went for much more than those featuring the other members of the group. In the Top 10, we find a Mozambican single by David Bowie that has never been sold before. Expensive but most likely a sound investment. Another record that neither you nor we have seen around in the Top 30 is a copy of the only record ever released by the obscure German heavy progressive band Chicken Bones. Maybe this will help more copies of the original release to resurface…

That’s it for this month, hope you enjoy the list and also… Does anybody else feel that the cover art of #13 is terrifying?

Spice Girls – Viva Forever

Sold for $1408.00 Label: Virgin
Format: CD, Single, Enh, Ltd, Promo
Country: Australia
Released: 1998
Genres: Electronic, Pop
Styles: Downtempo, Ballad
Omega Red Star* – From Hungary

Sold for $1442.00 Label: Decca
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1968
Genres: Rock
Styles: Beat, Pop Rock
Manny Corchado And His Orchestra – Pow-Wow / Chicken And Booze

Sold for $1450.00 Label: Decca
Format: 7″, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genres: Latin, Funk / Soul
Styles: Boogaloo
Ivorys* – Please Stay / I’m In A Groove

Sold for $1500.00 Label: Despenza
Format: 7″, Single
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Imani (8) – Out Of The Blue

Sold for $1500.00 Label: Not On Label (Imani (8) Self-released)
Format: 12″, EP
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genres: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Kenny Dorham – Quiet Kenny

Sold for $1598.00 Label: New Jazz
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
The Smiths – The Smiths

Sold for $1611.00 Label: Rough Trade
Format: LP, Album, Ora
Country: Hong Kong
Released: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: Indie Rock
Charanjit Singh – Synthesizing – Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat

Sold for $1659.00 Label: His Master’s Voice
Format: LP, Album
Country: India
Released: 1983
Genres: Electronic, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Indian Classical, Acid, Experimental
Bathory – Bathory

Sold for $1665.00 Label: Black Mark Production
Format: LP, Album, Yel
Country: Sweden
Released: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: Black Metal
Bobb Trimble – Harvest Of Dreams

Sold for $1666.00 Label: Boysongs Unlimited
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: Folk Rock, Lo-Fi, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental
Pugh’s Place – Live

Sold for $1668.00 Label: Universe Productions, Universe Productions
Format: LP, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1972
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock
The Factory (3) – Try A Little Sunshine

Sold for $1685.00 Label: CBS
Format: 7″, Single, Promo, 4-P
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
The Pagans* – Six And Change

Sold for $1750.00 Label: Neck Records
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Einar Iversen – Me And My Piano

Sold for $1777.00 Label: NorDisc
Format: LP
Country: Norway
Released: 1967
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop
Bill Fay – Time Of The Last Persecution

Sold for $1829.00 Label: Deram
Format: LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: Folk Rock
Alex Korner’s Breakdown Group* Featuring Cyril Davis* – Blues From The Roundhouse

Sold for $1874.00 Label: 77 Records
Format: 10″
Country: UK
Released: 1957
Genres: Blues
Styles: Country Blues, Harmonica Blues, Rhythm & Blues
The Bluestars* – Social End Product

Sold for $1907.00 Label: Allied International
Format: 7″, Single
Country: New Zealand
Released: 1966
Genres: Rock
Styles: Garage Rock
The Shiver – Walpurgis

Sold for $1977.00 Label: Maris Musik
Format: LP, Album, Gat
Country: Germany
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Krautrock
Tempest (6) – Stereo Pop Special-44

Sold for $2000.00 Label: BBC Transcription Services
Format: LP, Transcription
Country: UK
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock, Public Broadcast
The Dream* – Get Dreamy

Sold for $2078.00 Label: Polydor
Format: LP, Album
Country: Norway
Released: 1967
Genres: Rock, Funk / Soul
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
Bowie* – Rebel Rebel / Queen Bitch

Sold for $2222.00 Label: RCA Victor
Format: 7″, Single, Sol
Country: Mozambique
Released: 1974
Genres: Rock
Styles: Classic Rock
Shinki Chen & His Friends – Shinki Chen

Sold for $2222.00 Label: Polydor
Format: LP
Country: Japan
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?

Sold for $2222.00 Label: Reprise Records
Format: LP, Album, Mono, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genres: Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock
Chicken Bones – Hardrock In Concert

Sold for $2444.00 Label: Procom Records
Format: LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1976
Genres: Rock
Styles: Krautrock, Prog Rock
Buddy Smith – When You Lose The One You Love

Sold for $2500.00 Label: Brute Records (2)
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul
Tommy Whittle Quintet – New Horizons

Sold for $3048.00 Label: Tempo Records (5)
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1960
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
Pet Shop Boys – Yes

Sold for $3658.00 Label: Parlophone, The Vinyl Factory
Format: 11×12″, Album + Box, Ltd, Num
Country: UK
Released: 2009
Genres: Electronic, Pop
Styles: Synth-pop
Genesis – Live At Leicester / Manchester

Sold for $3947.00 Label: Philips
Format: 2xLP, TP
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Prog Rock
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

Sold for $6444.00 Label: Atlantic, Classic Records
Format: 4×12″, S/Sided, Album, RE, 200 + 4×12″, S/Sided, A
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Blues Rock
Röyksopp – Melody A.M.

Sold for $8178.00 Label: Wall Of Sound
Format: 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, S/Edition, W/Lbl
Country: UK
Released: 2002
Genres: Electronic
Styles: House, Downtempo

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