Band Of Gypsys 2 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.

Jimi Hendrix — Band Of Gypsys 2: pressings we track

Pressing	Catalog	Country	Notes
1986 Capitol	1A 064-26 1174 1	Europe	—
1986 Capitol	64 2611741	Italy	—
1986 Capitol	ECS-91198	Japan	Rainbow Rim Labels
1986 Capitol	ECS-91198	Japan	Promo
1987 Capitol	MID 166073	Australia	—

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

What separates the pressings

Originals, 19863 first-year pressings (Europe, Italy, Japan); any of them is an original. Runout on the Europe copy starts “1A 064-26 1174 1 A”.

Collector variants1986 Japan: Promo. Short runs like these often bring more than a standard early copy.

JapanPressed to high standards and collected separately; a copy with the original obi strip is a different record to collectors than one without.

How to identify your copy

Three checks, in the order worth doing them.

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
Read the runout. The code etched in the dead wax near the label names the exact pressing. On the 1986 Europe pressing it reads “1A 064-26 1174 1 A” on side one and “1A 064-26 1174 1 B” on side two. Jackets get swapped over the decades; the runout does not.
3
Grade the condition. The same pressing can be worth several times more in near mint than in VG. Grade the vinyl and the sleeve separately — our grading guide shows the standard scale.

A 1986 jacket with a later disc inside is a reissue in an original sleeve. Judge the pressing by the runout etching and the label, never by the cover.

Questions

Which pressing of Band Of Gypsys 2 is worth the most?

The 1986 originals lead. Scarcer variants (the 1986 “Promo”) 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 if I have a 1986 original?

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 1986 Europe pressing the runout reads “1A 064-26 1174 1 A”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Band Of Gypsys 2 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.

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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