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Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) vinyl value

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.

The Beach Boys — Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!): pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1986 CapitolEMS 1178UKReissue, Remastered, DMM
1990 CapitolEMS 1178UKReissue
1992 CapitolTOJP-7245JapanReissue, Mono
2010 CapitolDT 2354USReissue, Mono
2015 CapitolT 2354USReissue, Remastered, Mono
2016 Analogue ProductionsAPP 065USLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1986First released 1965; our table starts at 1986 (Capitol, UK). A copy older than 1986 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants1992 Japan: Reissue, Mono; 2015 US: Reissue, Remastered, Mono; 2016 US: Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
JapanPressed to high standards and collected separately; a copy with the original obi strip is a different record to collectors than one without.
Reissues, 1990Easy to find, priced as a listening copy.

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 1986 UK pressing it reads “Side 1 : EMS 1178 A-1-1-1-1 D” on side one and “Side 2 : EMS 1178 B-1-1-1-1 D” on side two. Trust the etching over the jacket: covers get traded around, dead wax stays put.

  3. 3

    Grade the condition. A clean copy and a worn one of the same pressing sit several grades, and several multiples, apart. Grade record and sleeve separately; see our grading guide.

Do not price the cover. A later disc in a 1965 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) is worth the most?

Original 1965 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1986 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 1992 “Reissue, Mono” and the 2015 “Reissue, Remastered, Mono”) 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 1986 UK pressing the runout reads “Side 1 : EMS 1178 A-1-1-1-1 D”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 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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