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Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy 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.

The Who — Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy: pressings we track

PressingCatalogCountryNotes
1981 MCAMCA-37001USCompilation, Reissue
1983 MCAMCA 37001USCompilation, Reissue, Pinckneyville Pressing
2017 Polydor5774828EuropeCompilation, Reissue, Remastered
Undated MCAMCA-1578USCompilation, Reissue
Undated MCAMCA-1578USCompilation, Reissue, Barcode, Pinckneyville Pressing

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

What separates the pressings

Oldest we track, 1981First released 1971; our table starts at 1981 (MCA, US). A copy older than 1981 predates everything here. Treat it as the find.
Reissues, 2017Easy to find, priced as a listening copy.

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. 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 1971 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 Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy is worth the most?

Original 1971 pressings lead; they predate everything in our table, and that scarcity is the point. Among tracked copies, the 1981 pressings come first. 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. A period jacket with a later disc inside is still a reissue.

How much is Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy 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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