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On The Beach 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.

Neil Young — On The Beach: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
2015 Reprise1-48497USReissue
2016 Reprise9362-49384-9UK & EuropeReissue, Remastered
2016 Reprise093624938491USMisprint, Reissue, Remastered
2016 Reprise9362-49384-9USReissue, Remastered
2016 Reprise9362-49384-9USA & EuropeReissue, Remastered
2024 Reprise093624852339EuropeLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2024 Reprise093624852339USLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2024 Reprise093624852339WorldwideLimited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Undated Reprise093624938491GermanyReissue, Remastered

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 2015First released 1974; our table starts at 2015 (Reprise, US). A copy older than 2015 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Collector variants2016 US: Misprint, Reissue, Remastered; 2024 Europe: Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered. Scarce on purpose; collectors pay for that.
Reissues, 2015+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 2015 US pressing it reads “1535704-2-A2 CB -31171- P. USA” on side one and “1535704-2-B2 CB -31171- P. USA” 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 1974 jacket is a reissue, whatever the sleeve says: the pressing lives in the runout etching and on the label.

Questions

Which pressing of On The Beach is worth the most?

Original 1974 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 2015 pressings come first. Scarcer variants (the 2016 “Misprint, Reissue, Remastered” and the 2024 “Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered”) 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 2015 US pressing the runout reads “1535704-2-A2 CB -31171- P. USA”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is On The Beach 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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