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Sinatra's Swingin' Session! vinyl value

Sinatra's Swingin' Session! — 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 Sinatra — Sinatra's Swingin' Session!: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1984 Capitol1A 038-26 0246 1NetherlandsReissue, Remastered, Mono
1984 Capitol1A 038-26 0246 1NetherlandsReissue, Remastered
1984 CapitolED26 02461UKReissue, Remastered
1984 CapitolED26 02461UKReissue, Remastered, Test Pressing
2012 WaxTime771741EuropeReissue, 180 Gram
2012 Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-407USLimited Edition, Numbered, Reissue
2013 DolDOS586EuropeReissue
2015 DolDOS586HEuropeReissue
2015 Jazz WaxJWR 4564SpainLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Undated Companion6187091Germany—

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1984First released 1961; our table starts at 1984 (Capitol, UK). A copy older than 1984 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants1984 Netherlands: Reissue, Remastered, Mono; 1984 UK: Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing; 2012 US: Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue. Pressed in small numbers, and priced accordingly.
Reissues, 2012+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 UK pressing it reads “ED 2602461T A-1-1-1-1” on side one and “ED 2602461T B-1-1-1-1” 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 1961 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 Sinatra's Swingin' Session! is worth the most?

Original 1961 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 “Reissue, Remastered, Mono” and the 1984 “Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing”) 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 UK pressing the runout reads “ED 2602461T A-1-1-1-1”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Sinatra's Swingin' Session! worth today?

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