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Let's Get It On 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.

Marvin Gaye — Let's Get It On: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1983 Tamla MotownWL72085GermanyReissue
1987 Motown2834MLUSReissue
2008 Vinyl Lovers900310RussiaReissue, Gatefold, 180 Gram, Bonus Tracks
2008 Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-315USLimited Edition, Numbered, Reissue
2016 Tamla0600753534250WorldwideReissue, 180g
2018 Tamla00600753801918EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Gatefold, Red
2023 TamlaT329V1WorldwideLimited Edition, Reissue, Red, 50th Anniversary Edition
2024 Tamla0600753534250WorldwideReissue, 180 Grams, Gatefold
2026 Tamla0600753534250—Limited Edition, Reissue, Gatefold, Orange Crush
Undated Tamla MotownWL72085EuropeReissue
Undated Tamla Motown530 055-1EuropeReissue, Gatefold
Undated TamlaT 329V1USReissue, Limited Edition, 180 gram, Gatefold
Undated Motown2834MLUSReissue
Undated Tamla9991102038965—Limited Edition, Reissue, Gatefold, Colored Marbled

18 pressings tracked, 14 shown · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1983First released 1973; our table starts at 1983 (Tamla Motown, Germany). A copy older than 1983 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2008 US: Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue; 2018 Europe: Limited Edition, Reissue, Gatefold, Red; 2023 Worldwide: Limited Edition, Reissue, Red, 50th Anniversary Edition. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 2008+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 1983 Germany pressing it reads “E-0183 A-2/83 S II” on side one and “E-0183 B-2/83 S II” 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.

Do not price the cover. A later disc in a 1973 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of Let's Get It On is worth the most?

Original 1973 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1983 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 2008 “Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue” and the 2018 “Limited Edition, Reissue, Gatefold, Red”) 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 1983 Germany pressing the runout reads “E-0183 A-2/83 S II”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Let's Get It On worth today?

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