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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin vinyl value

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin — Aretha Franklin album cover
Prices for this album are still being collected: our eBay tracker quotes a pressing only after at least three live listings match it. The pressings and identification below are complete.

Aretha Franklin — The Electrifying Aretha Franklin: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
2011 ColumbiaMOVLP293EuropeReissue, 180 Gram
2015 WaxTime772007SpainReissue, 180 Gram
2016 DOLDOS687HEuropeReissue, 180 gram
2016 Pan Am9152278UKReissue, 180 Gram
2017 ErmitageVNL18702EuropeReissue, 180 gr
2017 ErmitageVNL18702FranceReissue
2018 RumbleRUM2011146—Reissue
2023 ErmitageVNL22607EuropeReissue, Clear
2024 GM22250EuropeReissue

9 pressings tracked · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 2011First released 1962; our table starts at 2011 (Columbia, Europe). A copy older than 2011 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2023 Europe: Reissue, Clear. Pressed in small numbers, and priced accordingly.
Reissues, 2011+8 pressings. Easy to find, priced as listening copies.

How to identify your copy

Three checks, in the order worth doing them.

  1. 1

    Match the catalog number. It is printed on the spine and the record label. Check it together with the country against the pressings table above: the same number can appear in more than one country.

  2. 2

    Read the runout. The code etched in the dead wax near the label names the exact pressing. On the 2011 Europe pressing it reads “89162 1A MOVLP 293” on side one and “89162 1B MOVLP 293” on side two. Sleeves migrate between copies over the years; the etching stays with the record.

  3. 3

    Grade the condition. Condition multiplies the price: near mint can bring several times what a VG copy does. Vinyl and sleeve get separate grades; the scale is in our grading guide.

Discs and jackets part ways over the decades: a 1962 sleeve proves nothing about the record inside it. The runout etching and the label decide the pressing; the cover never does.

Questions

Which pressing of The Electrifying Aretha Franklin is worth the most?

Original 1962 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 2011 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 2023 “Reissue, Clear”) can beat an ordinary early copy. After that it is all condition: the gap between near mint and VG is usually larger than the gap between pressings.

How do I tell which pressing I have?

Match the catalog number on the spine and label against the table above, check the country, then read the etched code in the runout groove. On the 2011 Europe pressing the runout reads “89162 1A MOVLP 293”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is The Electrifying Aretha Franklin worth today?

Market prices move, so a static number goes stale fast. Scan the record in the RecordScout app: it identifies your exact pressing from the label and shows a current value range for its condition.

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