Just seen this as an auction item starting at 200.

 

as much as I think it’s a great oldie surely this variant is very common and in the 20 to 50 quid ball park.

 

the other version I hardly ever saw for sale that much but significantly rarer.

 

what do others think ?

The jimmy church in same auction is awesome will be interesting to see what that goes for.

Joe Hicks original has shot up in price over the last couple of years. It has been selling for between £200-300. Even the second issue has been selling for £30-40. It is actually a scarce record. Very few copies were around in the 70’s. Some emerged in the 80’s, but most went into collections and stayed there. Very few were offered for sale in the 90’s as this is a great oldie and a real keeper. The internet era has seen a trickle of originals, but outnumbered by second issues.

The seller obviously knows the value of the record so the high reserve is understandable.

As for the rare variant, this is $1,000 and upwards and extremely hard to find.

Tbh, I can't remember seeing it cheap in the eighties, just lots of the pressing's. Plenty were after the rarer issue with the alternative b side, as Rob Marriott was playing it at the time.

Well that’s a bit of a surprise I got this late 90s and didn’t pay a lot for it probably about 20 quid.

 

i appreciate the alternative flip variant is rare and expensive and also a fantastic record.  I did try to get that also but never succeeded.