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Decade vinyl value

Decade — Neil Young 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.

Neil Young — Decade: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1987 Reprise3RS 2257USCompilation, Reissue, 8-panel Gatefold, Tri-Color Labels
2017 Reprise093624915461USCompilation, Reissue, Gatefold
2017 Reprise558030-1USA & EuropeCompilation, Reissue, Remastered
2017 Reprise093624915461USA & EuropeCompilation, Limited Edition, Reissue
2017 Reprise558030-1WorldwideCompilation, Limited Edition, Reissue
Undated RepriseREP 64 037EuropeCompilation, Triple Gatefold sleeve

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1987First released 1976; our table starts at 1987 (Reprise, US). A copy older than 1987 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2017 USA & Europe: Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue. Short runs like these often bring more than a standard early copy.
Reissues, 2017+2 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 1987 US pressing it reads “3RS-1-2257 RE 1 WW7 SP 1-1 —◁” on side one and “3RS-2-2257 JW7 #2 1-1 0” on side two. Jackets get swapped over the decades; the runout does not.

  3. 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 1976 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 Decade is worth the most?

Original 1976 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1987 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 2017 “Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue”) 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 1987 US pressing the runout reads “3RS-1-2257 RE 1 WW7 SP 1-1 —◁”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Decade 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.

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