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Machine Head vinyl value

Asks start at
$23
Basis
6 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 21, 2026; sold prices usually close lower. How we price

Deep Purple — Machine Head: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotesAsking
2015 Purple3635827EuropeReissue, Remastered, Gatefold from $23
2016 Purple3635827EuropeReissue, Remastered, Gatefoldfrom $23
2016 Warner Bros.R1 75622USLimited Edition, Reissue, Clearfrom $45
2022 Purple3635827EuropeReissue, Remastered, Gatefold Sleevefrom $23
12 more pressings we track (no quoted eBay range)
PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1986 HarvestMID 166057AustraliaReissue
1986 Purple1C 038-15 7641 1EuropeReissue
1986 FameFA 3158UKReissue
1987 Purple1932611FranceReissue
1989 Purple54 1932611ItalyReissue
1992 Globus International210113-1311CzechoslovakiaReissue, Green
1997 PurpleDEEPP 3EuropeReissue, Limited Edition, Purple
1997 PurpleDEEPP 3EuropeReissue, Test Pressing, White Label
2006 Warner Bros.R1 75622USReissue, Remastered, Gatefold, 180 Gram
2012 PurpleTPSAX 7504UK & EuropeReissue, Remastered, Gatefold
2018 PurpleTPSA 7504EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2019 WarnerR1 75622USReissue, Remastered, Gatefold, 180 Gram

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

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1986First released 1972; our table starts at 1986 (Fame, UK). A copy older than 1986 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants1992 Czechoslovakia: Reissue, Green; 1997 Europe: Reissue, Limited Edition, Purple; 1997 Europe: Reissue, Test Pressing, White Label. Pressed in small numbers, and priced accordingly.
Reissues, 2006+6 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. 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 1972 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 Machine Head is worth the most?

Original 1972 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 1992 “Reissue, Green” and the 1997 “Reissue, Limited Edition, Purple”) 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. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Machine Head worth today?

Sellers ask from $23 for the later pressings we have quotes on (eBay, Sep 21, 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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