This was the first Afghan Whigs album released on Sub Pop. There were two versions of the sleeve and several colors of vinyl to go along with each. The first pressing was of 1000 copies on orange vinyl. Accompanying these copies was the the first sleeve above, with the horizontal arm and orange print. These copies came with lyric sheet inserts. The orange first press is attracting more interest again, but the price has stayed pretty stable.
There were also black vinyl copies pressed with the original sleeve. Glitterhouse Records in Germany pressed it (GR0092) with this sleeve as well, also on black vinyl. The cd version was one of the earliest Sub Pop Europe releases (SP5/116).
Later pressings had the second version of the sleeve shown above, depicting a vertical arm with more shading and white lettering. This version was pressed on black, green, blue marble, and blue-green/turquoise marble vinyl, and came with no inserts. All of the blue and green varieties are all fairly rare. The blue-green/turquoise is less common than the green, and the blue marble is typically a really tough find. The craziest collectors (myself included) have locked up their blue and blue-green/turquoise copies, so those prices came down a bit, but they have gone back up recently. The green ones used to be easier to find, but have gotten much more scarce in recent years and the prices have gone way up. The black one occasionally sells for a lot, but it is usually easy to find and the price is usually fairly stable.
There were also a few black vinyl copies with 1st press labels, but in 2nd press sleeves. These copies, unlike the rest of the 2nd run, did come with inserts: letter-sized Singles Club enrollment forms. The first time I saw one of these, I thought it was an anomaly, but I have since seen five or six copies that meet this description, which tells me otherwise.
2017 brought us some fabulous re-presses of Up In It. The U.S. "Loser Edition" variant was a deep blue marble (closer to the Nirvana Bleach blue marble than the previous Up In It variant). Although it is a distinct color, it is bound to cause some confusion. A black vinyl re-press was also released. A few years prior to this, Sub Pop started doing separte pressings in Europe in the same (or similar) colors to the U.S. ones to save on international transactions and shipping. The blue and black versions of this record also had European counterparts with unique matrix codes. For the blue Loser Edition, the color was quite different - it was more of a solid blue. The European blue edition is easy to identify - in addition to the different color of vinyl, there was a bar code label placed over the U.S. bar code. However, interestingly, this was not done for the black copies. As such, I was unable to confirm until recently that there were also European black vinyl copies.
| Version | Value ($) | Scarcity | Price Trending |
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| SP60 1st: Orange (1000) | 130-160 | 6 | Up |
| SP60 1st: Black | 25-35 | 4 | Stable |
| SP60 2nd Sleeve w/ 1st Black Vinyl | 30-40 | 6 | Stable |
| SP60 2nd: Green | 45-70 | 7 | Volatile |
| SP60 2nd: Blue-Green-Turquoise Marble | 80-100 | 8 | Up/Volatile |
| SP60 2nd: Blue Marble | 55-85 | 8 | Volatile |
| SP60 2nd: Black | 30-45 | 6 | Stable |
| GR0092 Black | 15-20 | 1 | Stable |
| SP60 Blue Marble 2017 Re-press (U.S.) | 15-20 | 1 | Stable |
| SP60 Black 2017 Re-press (U.S.) | 12-15 | 1 | Stable |
| SP60 Blue 2017 Re-press (Europe) | 15-20 | 1 | Stable |
| SP60 Black 2017 Re-press (Europe) | 15-18 | 1 | Stable |
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| Test Pressing: | Black vinyl, plain white labels |
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| Year Sold | Quantity | Median Price ($) | Platform |
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| 2021 | 1 | 150 | Discogs |
| 2020 | 9 | 100 | Discogs, eBay |
| 2019 | 5 | 70 | Discogs, eBay |
Recent Sales Data - Blue Marble Vinyl 2nd Press:
| Year Sold | Quantity | Median Price ($) | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 87 | Discogs |
| 2020 | 3 | 50 | Discogs |
| 2019 | 1 | 55 | Discogs |
Recent Sales Data - Blue-Green-Turquoise Marble Vinyl Second Press:
| Year Sold | Quantity | Median Price ($) | Platform |
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| 2021 | 1 | 85 | eBay |
| 2020 | 1 | 115 | Discogs |
| 2019 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Recent Sales Data - Green Vinyl Second Press:
| Year Sold | Quantity | Median Price ($) | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 45 | eBay |
| 2020 | 1 | 90 | Discogs |
| 2019 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
This page was last updated on January 31, 2022.