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The Best Of Bread vinyl value

Median ask · 2018 603497859146
$17
Typical asks
$11–$37
Basis
10 eBay asks
Every quoted ask sits on a 2018-or-later pressing. The 1984 pressings have no quoted range right now.
Live eBay asks, Sep 23, 2026; sold prices usually close lower. How we price

Bread — The Best Of Bread: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotesAsking
2018 Elektra603497859146EuropeCompilation, Reissue, Gatefold$11–$37
2018 Elektra603497859146UKCompilation, Reissue, Gatefold$11–$37
5 more pressings we track (no quoted eBay range)
PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1984 Elektra6E 108USCompilation, Reissue, AR - Allied Pressing, Black/Red Labels
2011 Friday MusicFRM 75056USCompilation, Limited Edition, Remastered
2022 Friday MusicFRM 75056USCompilation, Limited Edition, Reissue
2025 ElektraRCV1 75056USCompilation, Reissue, Gatefold, Misty-White
2026 Friday MusicFRM 75056USCompilation, Limited Edition, Remastered

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

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1984First released 1972; our table starts at 1984 (Elektra, US). A copy older than 1984 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants1984 US: Compilation, Reissue, AR - Allied Pressing, Black/Red Labels; 2011 US: Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered; 2022 US: Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 2018+3 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 “6E-108-A” on side one and “6E-108-B” 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 1972 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of The Best Of Bread is worth the most?

Original 1972 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1984 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 1984 “Compilation, Reissue, AR - Allied Pressing, Black/Red Labels” and the 2011 “Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered”) 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 1984 US pressing the runout reads “6E-108-A”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is The Best Of Bread worth today?

Sellers typically ask $11 to $37 for the later pressings we have quotes on; for the 2018 603497859146 the median ask is $17 over 10 listings (eBay, Sep 23, 2026). The 1984 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.

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