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Virtual XI

I've got two pressings of this record, from one country. Every one's been read off the copy itself: one pinned down and one still sealed, read from the printed outside, where the release itself narrows to one candidate.

Have a look How each was pinned down

Two copies on my shelf

Virtual XI, 1998.

2Copies
1Countries
1Confirmed
0Likely
0Still up in the air

1 Vinyl · 1 CD

Collection worth DKK 303

Median of completed Discogs sales, read 2026-10-02. Two priced against the release it was pinned to.

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.

2 pressings

One country, one shelf

0 countries plotted2 copies from Europe, which name a region rather than a place27 more countries carry a pressing the shelf doesn't have5 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.

2 held 125 still out there
wanted →owned →

127 of the 127 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
227 Europe 7243 4 93915 2 9 2,860 160 0.1 72 of 72
224 Europe 0190295851996 5,697 591 0.1 8 of 8

The least-owned of them all

These are the six least owned of the thirty-two CD and vinyl pressings of this record from 1998 and 1999. Any copy the shelf already has is marked.

  1. Indonesia 7243 4 93915 1 2 3 owners, 38 want it
  2. Indonesia 7243 4 93915 2 9 Limited Edition 5 owners, 41 want it
  3. UK 493-9152/493-9922 Advance 5 owners, 33 want it
  4. Colombia 7243 4 93915 2 9, 493 9152 5 owners, 21 want it
  5. Malaysia 7243 4 93915 2 9 5 owners, 19 want it
  6. Canada DPRO1705 Promo 6 owners, 62 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.