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Nice 'N' Easy vinyl value

Nice 'N' Easy — Frank Sinatra album cover
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.

Frank SinatraNice 'N' Easy: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1980 CapitolSN-16204USReissue
1984 Capitol1A 038-26 0142 1NetherlandsRemastered, DMM
1984 CapitolED 26 0142 1UKRemastered
2009 Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-317USLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2012 WaxTime771748EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2015 DOLDOS583HEurope
2020 Capitol00602508725920EuropeReissue
2020 Capitol00602508725920EuropeReissue, 60th Anniversary Edition
2020 CapitolB0031728-01USReissue
2023 Pu:RePU:RE:011EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1980First released 1960; our table starts at 1980 (Capitol, US). A copy older than 1980 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2009 US: Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 2020+3 pressings. Easy to find, priced as listening copies.

How to identify your copy

  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 1980 US pressing it reads “SN-1-16204 [scribbled out SM-1-14.7] G-24 MASTERED BY CAPITOL J. LEMAY” on side one and “SN-2-16204 F-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL Wally” 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.

Questions

Which pressing of Nice 'N' Easy is worth the most?

Original 1960 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1980 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 2009 “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 1980 US pressing the runout reads “SN-1-16204 [scribbled out SM-1-14.7] G-24 MASTERED BY CAPITOL J. LEMAY”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Nice 'N' Easy worth today?

Market prices move, so a static number goes stale fast. Scan the record in the RecordScout app: it identifies your exact pressing from the label and shows a current value range for its condition.

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