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Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers) vinyl value

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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.

Bob Marley & The Wailers — Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers): pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1984 Island818 994-1FranceCompilation, Gatefold
1984 Island90169-1USCompilation, Specialty Press, Gatefold
1984 Island90169-1USCompilation, Allied Pressing, Gatefold
1986 Island206 285 270EuropeCompilation, Reissue
1986 Island90169-1USCompilation, Reissue, Specialty Pressing, Gatefold
1986 Island90169-1USCompilation, Reissue
1986 Island90169-1USCompilation, Reissue, Allied Pressing, Gatefold
1987 Island206 285EuropeCompilation, Reissue
1987 Island206 285EuropeCompilation, Reissue, Gatefold
1987 Island90169-1USCompilation, Reissue, Specialty Pressing, Gatefold
1989 Island846 210-1UKCompilation, Reissue, Remastered
1990 Tuff Gong206 285EuropeCompilation, Reissue, Remastered
1990 Island206 285EuropeCompilation, Reissue
1990 Island206 285EuropeCompilation, Reissue, Gatefold
1990 Island846.210-1FranceCompilation, Reissue, Digitally Remastered, Gatefold
1990 Tuff GongLPE 1004MexicoCompilation, Reissue

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

What separates the pressings

Originals, 19842 first-year pressings (US, France); any of them is an original. Runout on the US copy starts “ST-IL-845507-SP”.
Reissues, 1990+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 1984 US pressing it reads “ST-IL-845507-SP” on side one and “ST-IL-845508-SP” 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 1984 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 Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers) is worth the most?

The 1984 originals lead. 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 if I have a 1984 original?

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 US pressing the runout reads “ST-IL-845507-SP”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers) worth today?

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