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Hey Jude 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 Beatles — Hey Jude: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1984 ParlophonePCS 7184UKCompilation, Reissue
1985 Parlophone1C 064 10 4348 1GermanyCompilation, Reissue
1988 CapitolC1-90442USCompilation, Reissue, C1 re-issue
1991 ParlophonePCS 7184UKCompilation, Reissue, Remastered
Undated Apple064 1043481ItalyCompilation, Reissue

7 pressings tracked, 5 shown · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1984First released 1970; our table starts at 1984 (Parlophone, UK). A copy older than 1984 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Reissues, 1991Easy 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 1984 UK pressing it reads “YEX.981” on side one and “YEX.982” 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 1970 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of Hey Jude is worth the most?

Original 1970 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1984 pressings come first. 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 1984 UK pressing the runout reads “YEX.981”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Hey Jude 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.

Not sure which pressing you have? Photograph the label and RecordScout names it, then shows a current value range for its condition.

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