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Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! vinyl value

Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! — Megadeth 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.

Megadeth — Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1985 BernettSB 18058France—
1985 Music For NationsHM 170South KoreaUnofficial Release, Green labels
1985 Music For NationsMFN 46 PUKPicture Disc
1986 HMHM 170South KoreaUnofficial Release
1986 Music For NationsMFN 46UKBarcode
1986 Music For NationsMFN 46UKMisprint
1988 Music For NationsMFN 46 DMUKLimited Edition, Remastered
1989 CBS465249 1AustraliaReissue
2008 Back On BlackBOBV065LPUKReissue, Clear With Blue Splatters
2008 Back On BlackBOBV065LPUKReissue
2010 Back On BlackBOBV065LPUKReissue, Red
2013 Back On BlackBOBV065LPLTDUKLimited Edition, Reissue, Blue/Yellow/Red Splatter
2014 Century Media9962331GermanyReissue
2014 Century Media9962331GermanyReissue, White, 180 Gram
2014 Century Media9962331GermanyReissue, Red Transparent
2018 Legacy88985463001EuropeReissue, Remastered

27 pressings tracked, 16 shown · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Originals, 1985One first-year pressing: Bernett, France. Runout on the France copy starts “Mu SB 18058 A MPO”.
Collector variants1985 UK: Picture Disc; 1986 UK: Misprint; 1988 UK: Limited Edition, Remastered. Pressed in small numbers, and priced accordingly.
Reissues, 2008+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. On the 1985 France pressing it reads “Mu SB 18058 A MPO” on side one and “Mu SB 18058 B MPO” 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 1985 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 Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! is worth the most?

The 1985 originals lead. Scarcer variants (the 1985 “Picture Disc” and the 1986 “Misprint”) 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 1985 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 1985 France pressing the runout reads “Mu SB 18058 A MPO”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

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