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Hunky Dory 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.

David Bowie — Hunky Dory: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1983 RCA InternationalNL 83844EuropeReissue, Sonopress Pressing
1983 RCA InternationalNL 83844EuropeReissue
1985 RCA InternationalNL 83844EuropeReissue
1990 EMI064 7 91843 1EuropeReissue, Remastered
1990 EMI064-7918431GreeceReissue, Gatefold
1990 EMI647918431ItalyRemastered, Reissue, Gatefold
1990 EMI076 7918431SpainReissue, Remastered
1990 EMIEMC 3572UKReissue, Remastered, Gatefold
1990 Ryko AnalogueRALP 0133-2USClear
1997 EMI7243 8 21449 1 5UKReissue, 180g
2001 Simply VinylSVLP 265UKLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2001 Simply VinylSVLP 265UKUnofficial Release
2016 Not On Label (David Bowie)064 7 91843 1EuropeUnofficial Release, Yellow-Khaki Vinyl
2016 Not On Label (David Bowie)064 7 91843 1EuropeUnofficial Release
2016 EMI064 7 91843 1EuropeReissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release
2016 EMI064 7 91843 1EuropeUnofficial Release, Green Translucent

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1983First released 1971; our table starts at 1983 (RCA International, Europe). A copy older than 1983 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants1990 US: Clear; 2001 UK: Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 1990+7 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 1983 Europe pressing it reads “020 E-0014 A-2 V 8 17 443041 A AM Made In Germany” on side one and “020 E-0014 A-2 IV EXP A 8 17 443041 A AM Made In Germany” 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 1971 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of Hunky Dory is worth the most?

Original 1971 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1983 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 1990 “Clear” and the 2001 “Limited Edition, Reissue, 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 1983 Europe pressing the runout reads “020 E-0014 A-2 V 8 17 443041 A AM Made In Germany”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Hunky Dory worth today?

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