The Final Cut vinyl value

Median ask · 1983 QC 38243

$38

Asks start at

$17

Basis

17 eBay asks

Live eBay asks, Sep 18, 2026; sold prices usually close lower. How we price

Pink Floyd — The Final Cut: pressings we track

Pressing	Catalog	Country	Notes	Asking
1983 Columbia	QC 38243	Canada	Gatefold	$20–$70
1983 Columbia	QC 38243	Canada	—	$20–$70
1983 Harvest	64 1650421	Italy	Reissue, Gatefold	from $51
1983 Harvest	shpf 1983	UK	Gatefold	from $51
1983 Columbia	QC 38243	US	Pitman Pressing, Gatefold	$20–$70
1983 Columbia	QC 38243	US	Carrollton Pressing	$20–$70
1983 Columbia	QC 38243	US	Gatefold	$20–$70
1983 Columbia	QC 38243	US	Gatefold, Pitman Pressing	$20–$70
2017 Pink Floyd	PFRLP12	US	Reissue, Remastered, 180g, Gatefold	from $30
2025 Columbia	88875184291	Worldwide	Reissue, Remastered, 180g, Gatefold	from $30

5 more pressings we track (no quoted eBay range)

Pressing	Catalog	Country	Notes
2016 Pink Floyd	PFRLP12	Europe	Reissue, Remastered, 180g, Gatefold
2017 Pink Floyd	PFRLP12	Europe	Reissue, Remastered, 180g, Gatefold
2017 Sony Records Int'l	SIJP 24	Japan	Limited Edition, Remastered
Undated Columbia	184.057/1-25416	Brazil	Reissue
Undated Harvest	064 7 46129 1	Europe	Gatefold

No quoted range right now (why). Scan your copy in the app for a current read.

17 pressings tracked, 15 shown · catalog of 974,753 releases, August 2026

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1983First released 1982; our table starts at 1983 (Columbia, US). A copy older than 1983 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.

Collector variants2017 Japan: Limited Edition, Remastered. Short runs like these often bring more than a standard early copy.

JapanPressed to high standards and collected separately; a copy with the original obi strip is a different record to collectors than one without.

Reissues, 2016+4 pressings. Easy to find, priced as listening copies.

How to identify your copy

Three checks, in the order worth doing them.

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
Read the runout. The code etched in the dead wax near the label names the exact pressing. On the 1983 US pressing it reads “AL38243” on side one and “BL38243” on side two. Jackets get swapped over the decades; the runout does not.
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 1982 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 The Final Cut is worth the most?

Original 1982 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 2017 “Limited Edition, 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 1983 US pressing the runout reads “AL38243”. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is The Final Cut worth today?

Sellers ask from $17 for the pressings we track; for the 1983 QC 38243 the median ask is $38 over 10 listings (eBay, Sep 18, 2026). Sold prices usually close lower. Scan your copy in the app for the range on your exact pressing and 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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