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John Wesley Harding vinyl value

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$21
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9 eBay asks
Every quoted ask sits on a 2015-or-later pressing. The 1986 pressings have no quoted range right now.
Live eBay asks, Sep 22, 2026; sold prices usually close lower. How we price

Bob Dylan — John Wesley Harding: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotesAsking
2015 Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 2-423USLimited Edition, Numbered, Reissuefrom $75
2016 Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 2-464USLimited Edition, Numbered, Reissuefrom $21
2021 ColumbiaCS 9604EuropeReissue, Whitefrom $27
13 more pressings we track (no quoted eBay range)
PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1986 ColumbiaPC 9604USReissue
1988 CBSCBS 463359 1EuropeReissue
1989 CBS463359 1UKReissue, Red labels
1991 Columbia463359 1EuropeReissue
1999 Simply VinylSVLP 0056UKReissue
2001 ColumbiaPC 9604US180g
2003 Sundazed MusicLP 5123USMono, Reissue
2003 Sundazed MusicLP 5123USMono, Reissue, 180 gram
2010 Music On VinylMOVLP246EuropeReissue, Remastered, Mono
2017 Columbia88985451691EuropeReissue, Remastered, Mono
2021 ColumbiaCS 9604UKReissue, 180g
2026 Columbia19802998311USReissue
Undated Columbia463359 1EuropeReissue

No quoted range right now (why). Scan your copy in the app for a current read.

21 pressings tracked, 16 shown · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1986First released 1968; our table starts at 1986 (Columbia, US). A copy older than 1986 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants1989 UK: Reissue, Red labels; 2003 US: Mono, Reissue; 2003 US: Mono, Reissue, 180 gram. Pressed in small numbers, and priced accordingly.
Reissues, 1991+5 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 1986 US pressing it reads “XSM 135311” on side one and “XSM 135312” 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 1968 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 John Wesley Harding is worth the most?

Original 1968 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 1989 “Reissue, Red labels” and the 2003 “Mono, Reissue”) 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 US pressing the runout reads “XSM 135311”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is John Wesley Harding worth today?

Sellers ask from $21 for the later pressings we have quotes on (eBay, Sep 22, 2026). The 1986 pressings have no quoted range right now. Sold prices usually close lower. Scan your copy in the app for the range on your exact pressing and 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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