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Edward The Great (The Greatest Hits)

I've got four pressings of this record, from two countries. Every one's been read off the copy itself: one pinned down, two likely and one I still can't settle.

Have a look How each was pinned down

Four copies on my shelf

Edward The Great (The Greatest Hits), 2002.

4Copies
2Countries
1Confirmed
2Likely
1Still up in the air

1 Vinyl ยท 3 CD

Collection worth DKK 1,292-1,293

Median of completed Discogs sales, read 2026-09-23. Three priced against the release it was pinned to; one still up in the air, shown as the span across their candidates.

The collection

Each tile shows the part of that copy where these pressings actually differ — the label on a record, the shell or the packaging on a cassette or CD — because the sleeve artwork is the same on nearly all of them. Every one links to its own page with the full photographs and evidence.

4 pressings

Two countries, one shelf

1 country plotted3 copies from Europe, which name a region rather than a place19 more countries carry a pressing the shelf doesn't have4 more versions pressed under Australasia and UK & Europe, which name a region rather than a place, and aren't on the shelf either1 more version pressed somewhere the master's own listing names no single country for: South East AsiaA ring marks one I haven't got

One copy I can't settle

It's waiting on one more piece of evidence, named beside it in the table.

156

Europe

Uden glass master 2-1-3-NL was used by both EMI Uden and EMI Italiana pressings; the mould SID code that names the plant is not photographed.

Photograph the mould SID code on the inner ring under raking light: ifpi 15 = EMI Uden (r380225), ifpi 25 = EMI Italiana (r15406836).

How rare is any of this?

Every other number on this page describes a record I own. These describe the world around it: for each version Discogs lists, how many collectors say they own one and how many are still after it. Real counts, not guesses — but not a pressing run either, and no proof that a record is rare. They count only collectors who log their records online, and those aren't spread evenly across the world. Read it as demand against supply, and trust Want per owner over the raw number of owners.

3 held 57 still out there
wanted →owned →

60 of the 60 versions carry Discogs community counts. Lit dots are ones I have.

The figures, version by version
What is on the shelf, starting with the least owned. Each rank compares a copy only with other versions in the same format.
CopyCatalogue Owners Wanted by Want per owner Scarcity rank
158 Europe EDDIE001 254 41 0.2 37 of 45
185 Europe 0946 3 32900 2 0 790 52 0.1 42 of 45
161 UK 7243 5 43103 1 7 1,804 640 0.4 1 of 1

One of the four copies here has no counts to measure it against, so it is left out.

The least-owned of them all

These are the six least owned of the twenty-eight CD and vinyl pressings of this record from 2002 and 2003. Any copy the shelf already has is marked.

  1. Japan TOCP-66113 Compilation, Sampler 1 owner, 7 want it
  2. China CM0195 Compilation, Unofficial Release 4 owners, 18 want it
  3. South Korea EKPD-1025 Compilation 5 owners, 9 want it
  4. none Compilation, Unofficial Release 6 owners, 17 want it
  5. Mexico 7243 5 43103 2 4 Compilation 7 owners, 16 want it
  6. South East Asia 7243 5 43103 2 4 Compilation, Unofficial Release 8 owners, 20 want it

What the grades mean

One candidate left standing isn't proof. Discogs lists what collectors have catalogued, and nobody's catalogued every pressing ever made, so I can't rule out one that was never listed.

Confirmed
Country and catalogue number match, and so does at least one mark that belongs to this release alone: a barcode, a printer code, a legal-deposit number, a label matrix.
Likely
One candidate matches on country and catalogue number, and nothing else in the photographs was legible enough to check it a second way.
Still up in the air
Two or more editions still fit. Each page names the ones left standing, and the one photograph that would settle it.