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The X Factor

I've got five pressings of this record, from three countries. Every one's been read off the copy itself: two pinned down and three likely.

Have a look How each was pinned down

Five copies on my shelf

The X Factor, 1995.

5Copies
3Countries
2Confirmed
3Likely
0Still up in the air

1 Vinyl · 4 CD

Collection worth DKK 1,938

Median of completed Discogs sales, read 2026-09-23. Four priced against the release it was pinned to; one never sold, counted at the lowest asking price.

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.

5 pressings

Three countries, one shelf

2 countries plotted2 copies from Europe, which name a region rather than a place29 more countries carry a pressing the shelf doesn't have2 more versions pressed under UK & Europe, which name a region rather than a place, and aren't on the shelf eitherA ring marks one I haven't got

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.

5 held 146 still out there
wanted →owned →

151 of the 151 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
170 Brazil 8 35819 2 46 19 0.4 27 of 73
168 Brazil 168 835819 1 115 395 3.4 7 of 12
173 Europe 7243 8 35819 2 4 133 58 0.4 44 of 73
171 Japan TOCP-8588 776 219 0.3 65 of 73
172 Europe 7243 8 35819 2 4 / UK:CDEMD 1087 890 110 0.1 67 of 73

The least-owned of them all

These are the six least owned of the thirty-four CD and vinyl pressings of this record from 1995 and 1996. Any copy the shelf already has is marked.

  1. Bulgaria 7243 8 35819 2 4 Unofficial Release 4 owners, 61 want it
  2. Taiwan 7243 8 35819 2 4 5 owners, 40 want it
  3. Mexico 5099968217525 8 owners, 39 want it
  4. South Korea 7243 8 35819 2 4, EKPD-0470 Promo, Sampler 8 owners, 36 want it
  5. Europe 7243 8 35819 2 4 12 owners, 30 want it
  6. South Africa CDEMCJ (WF) 5618, 7243 8 35819 2 4 18 owners, 64 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.