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

This could very well mark Banksy’s first appearance in the number one spot of our Top 30. For reference, this appearance isn’t a record recorded or released by the famous street artists. It’s features a cover spray painted by him. Back in 2002, Röyksopp pressed an ultra-limited edition of their double-LP Melody A.M., with just 100 copies available. The Norwegian electronic duo asked Banksy to put his personal touch on every copy, hand spray painting each cover.

If you’re a Röyksopp completist with a few grand burning a hole in your pocket or a swanky speculative art collector looking to add an original Banksy to your portfolio, it’s worth the eye-popping price. For the rest of us, that original Wall Of Sound pressing will have to suffice.

Looking in the top 10 entries, you’ll see the usual rare and obscure singles — but one in particular stands out. A copy of the rarest ABBA record ever pressed landed in the number three spot. It’s a red 12-inch maxi-single recorded for manager Stig Anderson’s 50th birthday. This specific copy even had Anderson’s signature, from an event in his hometown where he signed 100 of the singles.

There are more gems in this month’s Top 30 list, but we’ll leave the rest of the exploration to you. Dig in!

The Dick Morrissey Quartet – Have You Heard?

Sold for $1531.00
Label: 77 Records
Format: LP
Country: UK
Released: 1963
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post Bop
Ebba Grön – Antirock

Sold for $1570.00
Label: Efel
Formaat: 7″, Blu
Country: Sweden
Released: 1978
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Sarah Webster Fabio – Jujus/Alchemy Of The Blues

Sold for $1600.00
Label: Folkways Records
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genres: Jazz, Funk/Soul
Styles: Poetry, Jazz-Funk
John Heartsman And Circles – Music Of My Heart

Sold for $1600.00
Label: Not On Label
Format: 2xLP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genres: Jazz, Funk/Soul, Blues
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Soul, Soul-Jazz
Irish Coffee (2) – Irish Coffee

Sold for $1679.00
Label: Triangle (9)
Format: LP, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Prog Rock
David Bowie – David Bowie

Sold for $1700.00
Label: Philips, Philips, Philips
Format: LP, Album, Gat
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Folk Rock, Country Rock, Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Paul Gonsalves Quartet – Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick

Sold for $1708.00
Label: Vocalion (3)
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1964
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post Bop
Gboyega Adelaja – Colourful Environment

Sold for $1750.00
Label: EMI
Format: LP, Album
Country: Nigeria
Released: 1979
Genres: Jazz, Funk/Soul
Styles: Afrobeat, Disco, Funk, Jazz-Funk
Hank Mobley – Lee Morgan – Peckin’ Time

Sold for $1794.00
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
Paul Chambers Quintet With Donald Byrd, Cliff Jordan*, Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones – Paul Chambers Quintet

Sold for $1910.00
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop
Mandy Morton And Spriguns – Magic Lady

Sold for $1931.00
Label: Banshee Records (4), Banshee Records (4)
Format: LP, Blu
Country: UK
Released: 1978
Genres: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Folk Rock
Eminem – Infinite

Sold for $1931.00
Label: Web Entertainment
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genres: Hip Hop
Styles: Hardcore Hip-Hop, Boom Bap
Bengt Nordström – Natural Music

Sold for $1961.00
Label: Bird Notes
Format: LP, Album
Country: Sweden
Released: 1968
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz
Monique (22) – If You Love Me (Show Me)/Never Let Me Go

Sold for $1999.00
Label: Maurci
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 0
Genres: Funk/Soul
Styles: Soul
Samhain – Initium

Sold for $2000.00
Label: Plan 9
Format: LP, Album, Whi
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Sahib Shihab And The Danish Radio Jazz Group – Sahib Shihab And The Danish Radio Jazz Group

Sold for $2247.00
Label: Oktav (2)
Format: LP, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 1965
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Modal, Big Band
Terveet Kädet – Rock Laahausta Vastaan

Sold for $2358.00
Label: Ikbal
Format: 7″, S/Sided, EP, W/Lbl
Country: Finland
Released: 1980
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk, Hardcore
The Arnold Corns* – Moonage Daydream/Hang On To Yourself

Sold for $2499.00
Label: Philips
Format: 7″, Single
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1971
Genres: Rock
Styles: N/A
Bizet*, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, André Cluytens – L’Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2/Carmen Suite

Sold for $2531.00
Label: Columbia
Format: LP
Country: UK
Released: 1964
Genres: Classical
Styles: N/A
The Search Party – Montgomery Chapel

Sold for $2613.00
Label: Century Records (4)
Format: LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1969
Genres: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Religious
Sonny Clark – Dial “S” For Sonny

Sold for $2750.00
Label: Blue Note
Format: LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop
David Bowie/Harry Nilsson – The Jean Genie/Remember

Sold for $2808.00
Label: RCA
Format: 7″, Single, Promo
Country: Japan
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Glam
Einar Iversen – Me And My Piano

Sold for $2840.00
Label: NorDisc
Format: LP
Country: Norway
Released: 1967
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop
David Bowie – Memory Of A Free Festival

Sold for $2840.00
Label: Mercury
Format: 7″
Country: Norway
Released: 1970
Genres: Pop
Styles: N/A
Candi Staton – Now You’ve Got The Upper Hand

Sold for $2911.00
Label: Unity Record Company
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1969
Genres: Funk/Soul
Styles: Soul
The Misfits* – Cough/Cool b/w She

Sold for $3000.00
Label: Blank Records (11)
Format: 7″, Single
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genres: Rock
Styles: Punk
Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy

Sold for $3000.00
Label: Atlantic
Format: LP, Album, Mono, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genres: Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
ABBA – Hovas Vittne

Sold for $3879.00
Label: Polar
Format: 12″, Maxi, Red
Country: Sweden
Released: 1981
Genres: Pop
Styles: Vocal
Johnny And The Brothers Of Soul – Goodbye, Sam

Sold for $3999.00
Label: Lifetime Recordings
Format: 7″
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genres: Funk/Soul
Styles: Soul
Röyksopp – Melody A.M.

Sold for $6962.00
Label: Wall Of Sound
Format: 2xLP, Album, Ltd, W/Lbl
Country: UK
Released: 2002
Genres: Electronic
Styles: House, Downtempo