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Greatest! vinyl value

Greatest! — Johnny Cash 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.

Johnny Cash — Greatest!: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
2004 Get BackGET 7522ItalyReissue, 180 Gram
2014 DolDOS605EuropeReissue, 140 Gram
2015 DolDOS605HEuropeReissue, 180g
2017 Pan Am9152291EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Mono
2017 SunSLP 1240USLimited Edition, White
2017 SunSLP 1240USLimited Edition, Reissue, Red
2017 SunSLP 1240USReissue
2018 Sun1240EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Mono
2021 ORG MusicORGM-2079USLimited Edition, Reissue, Yellow/Red

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 2004First released 1959; our table starts at 2004 (Get Back, Italy). A copy older than 2004 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2017 Europe: Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono; 2017 US: Limited Edition, White; 2017 US: Limited Edition, Reissue, Red. Pressed in small numbers, and priced accordingly.
Reissues, 2004+4 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 1959 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 Greatest! is worth the most?

Original 1959 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 2004 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 2017 “Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono” and the 2017 “Limited Edition, White”) 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 Greatest! 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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