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?

30. 

    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

29. 

    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

28. 

    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

27. 

    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

26. 

    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

25. 

    Kenny Dorham – Quiet Kenny

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

24. 

    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

23. 

    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

22. 

    Bathory – Bathory

    Sold for $1665.00 Label: Black Mark Production
    Format: LP, Album, Yel
    Country: Sweden
    Released: 1984
    Genres: Rock
    Styles: Black Metal

21. 

    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

20. 

    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

19. 

    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

18. 

    The Pagans* – Six And Change

    Sold for $1750.00 Label: Neck Records
    Format: 7″
    Country: US
    Released: 1977
    Genres: Rock
    Styles: Punk

17. 

    Einar Iversen – Me And My Piano

    Sold for $1777.00 Label: NorDisc
    Format: LP
    Country: Norway
    Released: 1967
    Genres: Jazz
    Styles: Bop

16. 

    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

15. 

    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

14. 

    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

13. 

    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

12. 

    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

11. 

    The Dream* – Get Dreamy

    Sold for $2078.00 Label: Polydor
    Format: LP, Album
    Country: Norway
    Released: 1967
    Genres: Rock, Funk / Soul
    Styles: Psychedelic Rock

10. 

    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

9. 

   Shinki Chen & His Friends – Shinki Chen

   Sold for $2222.00 Label: Polydor
   Format: LP
   Country: Japan
   Released: 1971
   Genres: Rock
   Styles: Psychedelic Rock

8. 

   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

7. 

   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

6. 

   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

5. 

   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

4. 

   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

3. 

   Genesis – Live At Leicester / Manchester

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

2. 

   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

1. 

   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