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The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane vinyl value

Median ask · 2011 FRM 4459
$7
Asks start at
$6
Basis
8 eBay asks
Every quoted ask sits on a 2011-or-later pressing. The 1980 pressings have no quoted range right now.
Live eBay asks, Sep 21, 2026; sold prices usually close lower. How we price

Jefferson Airplane — The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotesAsking
2011 Friday MusicFRM 4459USCompilation, Limited Edition, Remastered$6–$20
2021 RCA19439819111EuropeCompilation, Reissuefrom $25
4 more pressings we track (no quoted eBay range)
PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1980 RCAAYL1-3661CanadaCompilation, Reissue
1985 RCANL 83661EuropeCompilation, Reissue
Undated RCANL 83661EuropeCompilation, Reissue
Undated FameFA 3167UKCompilation, Reissue

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

8 pressings tracked, 6 shown · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1980First released 1970; our table starts at 1980 (RCA, Canada). A copy older than 1980 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2011 US: Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 2021Easy to find, priced as a listening copy.

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 1980 Canada pressing it reads “AYLI 3661 B NO 2 ZPRS-9113 CR TG”. 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 1970 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane is worth the most?

Original 1970 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 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 1980 Canada pressing the runout reads “AYLI 3661 B NO 2 ZPRS-9113 CR TG”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane worth today?

Sellers ask from $6 for the later pressings we have quotes on; for the 2011 FRM 4459 the median ask is $7 over 5 listings (eBay, Sep 21, 2026). The 1980 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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