**Elvis Moody Blue Vinyl Value: Blue vs Black Pressings (AFL1-2428)**

> The blue Moody Blue is the common copy. The rare one is the 1977 US black-vinyl pressing. How to tell them apart, run-outs, and dated sale prices.

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# Elvis Moody Blue Vinyl Value: Why the Black Pressing Is the Rare One

The translucent blue copies of Elvis Presley’s *Moody Blue* (RCA AFL1-2428, July 1977) were the standard issue and are common: a collector’s guide by Neal Umphred values them at about $5–10. The scarce copy is the American pressing on ordinary **black** vinyl, made at RCA’s Indianapolis plant in a short run in early August 1977, before Elvis died on August 16. After his death RCA went back to blue for the much larger runs that followed. Black AFL1-2428 copies have sold for $110–230 since 2022, including $115 (VG, May 2022) and $230 (Mint, December 2025) at Rockhurst Auctions.

That is still a modest record. Six dated sales do not make a deep market, and we say so below. But it explains the most common question about this album: the colourful copy is not the valuable one.

By VinylAI Editorial Updated October 12, 2026

## Key Takeaways

- Blue translucent Moody Blue (AFL1-2428) is the common, standard US issue: a NM opened blue copy is worth about $5–10 in Neal Umphred’s guide (updated August 2025).
- The scarce copy is a 1977 US AFL1-2428 pressed on black vinyl in early August 1977, between the first blue run and Elvis’s death on August 16; RCA returned to blue afterwards.
- Dated sales of black AFL1-2428 copies: $115 (VG, Rockhurst, May 1, 2022), $110 (NM, eBay, October 2025), $230 (Mint, Rockhurst, December 8, 2025) and $203 (sealed, eBay, February 2026).
- A black copy numbered AQL1-2428 is the 1980 reissue, not the rare pressing. Check the prefix on the label and spine first, then the vinyl colour.

## Blue or black: which Moody Blue is rare

*Moody Blue* was released on July 19, 1977, four weeks before Elvis died. RCA pressed the first American copies on translucent blue vinyl — the first time an Elvis album had been issued on coloured vinyl — and that is the version most people own. Because it looks like a special edition, owners often assume it is valuable. It is not: blue copies were the standard US issue and remained in production through the enormous demand of late 1977.

The rare copy looks ordinary. For a short time in early August 1977, RCA’s Indianapolis plant pressed AFL1-2428 on standard black vinyl. After Elvis’s death on August 16, RCA returned to blue for the very large runs that followed, which left the black copies as a small, early batch. In Neal Umphred’s value table, a solid-black AFL1-2428 is listed at $250 and a solid-blue one at $5.

- **Blue translucent, AFL1-2428:** standard issue, common, usually a few dollars.
- **Black, AFL1-2428, 1977 label:** the scarce US variant, $110–230 in recent sales.
- **Black, AQL1-2428:** the 1980 reissue, common.
- **Green, red, white, yellow or splash vinyl:** special pressings that were not sold in shops; see below.

For coloured vinyl in general — why some colours are worth money and most are not — see our [colored vinyl guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/colored-vinyl-guide/).

## What happened in July and August 1977

The sequence is documented in two independent accounts, Rockhurst Auctions’ lot descriptions and Neal Umphred’s history of the album, and they agree:

1. **July 1977:** the first US run is pressed on translucent blue vinyl at Indianapolis. Umphred gives 250,000 copies for that run, and says himself he has not seen the figure in an official RCA source.
2. **Early August 1977:** the album sells faster than expected. When the blue copies have shipped, Indianapolis presses a further batch on normal black vinyl. Rockhurst suggests a short supply of blue vinyl as the reason; that is an explanation, not a documented fact.
3. **August 16, 1977:** Elvis dies. Demand for his catalogue surges, and RCA orders *Moody Blue* back onto blue vinyl for the much larger runs that follow.
4. **September 12, 1977:** the album is certified Gold and Platinum. It reached number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Country Albums chart.

How many black copies were pressed is unknown. A figure of 25,000 circulates in seller listings and forum comments, but none gives a source, so we do not use it. Wikipedia also describes the black copies as pressed just before Elvis’s death and calls them the scarcer of the two. For the wider story of Elvis records after August 1977 see our [Elvis vinyl value guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/elvis-presley-vinyl-collection/).

## How to identify an early black pressing: label, prefix and run-out

Three checks, in this order:

1. **Prefix.** The label and the spine must read **AFL1-2428**. A black copy numbered **AQL1-2428** is the 1980 reissue: elvisrecords.com notes its thinner white cover stock and an “RE” on the back cover. Umphred says every US pressing from then on was on black vinyl, so a black AQL1 is ordinary.
2. **Colour.** Hold the disc to a strong light. Blue copies are translucent and glow blue; the rare copies are opaque black.
3. **Run-out.** US 1977 copies, blue and black, carry the cutting credit **Masterfonics GAM** and an AFL1-2428 matrix with a low stamper number (1S or 2S). Compare yours with the table — read the dead wax with a torch at an angle, as described in our guide to [run-out and matrix numbers](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-runout-matrix-numbers-decoded/).

| Copy | Catalogue no. and label | Vinyl | Run-out, as transcribed from real copies | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| US first issue, July 1977 | AFL1-2428, black RCA label, 1977 | Translucent blue | `AFL1-2428-A-1S Masterfonics GAM I A1X` `AFL1-2428-B-2S Masterfonics GAM I A3X` | [Our market card](https://vinylai.app/market/elvis-presley-moody-blue-1005950/) (Discogs release 1005950) |
| US black-vinyl pressing, 1977 | AFL1-2428, same 1977 label | **Black** | `AFL1-2428-A-1S A4 … Masterfonics GAM` `AFL1-2428-B-1S A1 … Masterfonics GAM` | Rockhurst lot description, May 2022 |
| US black-vinyl pressing, 1977 (another copy) | AFL1-2428 | **Black** | `AFL1-2428-A-1S Masterfonics GAM 1 L A5` `AFL1-2428-B-1S Masterfonics GAM 1 L 1 O` | Discogs release 2936644 |
| US reissue, 1980 | AQL1-2428; thinner white cover stock, “RE” on the back | Black | `AQL1-2428-A …` | elvisrecords.com; Discogs release 8880255 |

The run-outs of blue and black 1977 copies overlap, so a run-out does not prove a black copy by itself: the colour and the AFL1 prefix do. What the run-out does rule out is a later reissue cut from new lacquers. Rockhurst’s 2022 lot says its matrix numbers matched known black copies of the early pressing. If you photograph the cover or label with VinylAI, the app identifies the release; the vinyl colour and the run-out you check yourself.

## Green, red, white and yellow Moody Blue: the special pressings

A small number of copies exist on other colours. elvisrecords.com lists green, white, red and gold as reported by Heritage Auctions, and describes them as RCA test pressings, promotional only and never intended for sale. Their covers often carry a “Not For Sale Demonstration” stamp, and on the white copies side A is mislabelled with LSP-1254(e). Wikipedia mentions white and yellow copies in the US; Discogs lists a white and a yellow AFL1-2428.

Umphred connects the coloured copies to RCA’s Indianapolis plant passing a production milestone and lists solid colours (green, red, white, yellow) and splash colours. The often-quoted limit of fifty copies per colour is, by his own note, unconfirmed. These are high-value items: a purple-splash copy described as Mint sold on eBay for $5,300 in April 2011, and Umphred estimates that a Near Mint copy of any colour could fetch $500–2,000 at auction.

Because they are worth so much more than a blue copy, they attract fakes and misdescriptions. Ask for provenance, the cover stamp and clear photos of the run-out before paying a premium price.

## Moody Blue pressings outside the US

Outside the US, *Moody Blue* was not a coloured-vinyl record. According to Wikipedia, all overseas pressings were on black vinyl, except the first Argentine and Canadian pressings, which were on translucent blue. Most European copies carry the number PL 12428; Australia and New Zealand used APL1 2428; Japan RVP-6224; Argentina AVS-4496.

The table lists the LP pressings on Discogs, oldest first, with the first run-out string transcribed by users. It shows identification details only.

| Year | Country | Label and catalogue no. | Format | Runout (side A) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/1005950) | LP / Album / Stereo / Blue Translucent, Indianapolis Pressing | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | UK | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2183042) | LP / Album / Stereo | `PL 12428 A` |
| 1977 | France | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2239265) | LP / Album / Stereo | `PL 12428 A` |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/6190678) | LP / Album / Stereo / Waddell Press, Blue Translucent | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/10311842) | LP / Album / Stereo / Blue translucent | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | Canada | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/3135888) | LP / Album / Black | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | Germany | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/406079) | LP / Album / Stereo | `RCA PL-12428-A PF` |
| 1977 | Canada | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/1776519) | LP / Album / Limited Edition / Numbered / Special Edition / Blue | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | Netherlands | [RCA Victor PL-12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2047216) | LP / Album | `PL-12428-A//HL32501-1-Y VR 08-20618-1B-2` |
| 1977 | Scandinavia | [RCA PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/8371383) | LP / Album / Stereo | `PL 12428-A` |
| 1977 | Italy | [RCA PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/1709615) | LP / Album | `GKAY 31758` |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2936644) | LP / Album / Stereo / Indianapolis Pressing | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | Australia | [RCA Victor APL1 2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/10631081) | LP / Album | `AFL1-2428A` |
| 1977 | Netherlands | [RCA Victor PL-12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/12804389) | LP / Album / Stereo | `PL 12428-A` |
| 1977 | Australia | [RCA APL1 2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2488332) | LP / Album | `APL1242 ̷8̷8A-2 AP` |
| 1977 | Brazil | [RCA Victor 104.4091](https://www.discogs.com/release/6447634) | LP / Album / Stereo | `104.4091-A` |
| 1977 | Sweden | [RCA PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2961563) | LP / Album | `—` |
| 1977 | Sweden | [RCA PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/8409669) | LP / Album / Stereo | `RCA PL-12428-A PF S` |
| 1977 | Canada | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/5064947) | LP / Album / Blue translucent | `AFL1-2428-A 30 A1 M` |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/23458433) | LP / Album / Stereo | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | India | [RCA AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/1890542) | LP / Album | `AFL1 2428 A1A` |
| 1977 | New Zealand | [RCA Victor APL1 2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/5869580) | LP / Album / Stereo | `AFL1-2428A` |
| 1977 | Greece | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/4274874) | LP / Album / Stereo | `—` |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/2509063) | LP / Album / Limited Edition / White | `—` |
| 1977 | Germany | [RCA 66602-4](https://www.discogs.com/release/8414090) | LP / Album / Club Edition | `RCA PL-12428-A PF Manufactured In Germany` |
| 1977 | UK | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/10953138) | LP / Album / with POSTER | `PL-12428-A.1E DAVE'S R.C.A. A3AB 'W'` |
| 1977 | Germany | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/22065859) | LP / Album / Stereo | `PL 12 428-A` |
| 1977 | Europe | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/7289382) | LP / Album / BIEM label | `RCA PL-12428-A PF` |
| 1977 | US | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/11394585) | LP / Album / Yellow | `—` |
| 1977 | Japan | [RCA RVP-6224](https://www.discogs.com/release/5289532) | LP / Album / Stereo | `RVP-6224-A` |
| 1977 | Argentina | [RCA Victor AVS-4496](https://www.discogs.com/release/12254559) | LP / Album / Blue Translucent | `AFL1 2428A 30` |
| 1977 | Portugal | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/7715062) | LP / Album | `—` |
| 1977 | Germany | [RCA 66602-4](https://www.discogs.com/release/12108701) | LP / Album / Club Edition / black vinyl | `RCA PL-12428-A PF` |
| 1977 | Europe | [RCA Victor PL 12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/16081036) | LP / Album | `RCA PL-12428-A PF` |
| 1977 | Spain | [RCA Victor PL-12428](https://www.discogs.com/release/6570803) | LP / Album | `850 12428XAX1` |
| 1977 | Turkey | [RCA AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/4243074) | LP / Album | `AFL1-2428-A` |
| 1977 | South Africa | [RCA AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/9996165) | LP / Album | `—` |
| 1978 | Yugoslavia | [Jugoton LSRCA 70865](https://www.discogs.com/release/1918729) | LP / Album | `LRCAS 70865-1 8278 ZP` |
| 1980 | US | [RCA Victor AQL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/8880255) | LP / Album / Reissue / Stereo | `AQL1-2428-A 32 # -1-` |
| 1985 | UK & Europe | [RCA PL 82428](https://www.discogs.com/release/8754207) | LP / Album / Reissue / Stereo | `E-0121 A-2/83 S III` |
| 1988 | UK & Europe | [RCA NL 90252](https://www.discogs.com/release/1729957) | LP / Album / Reissue / Stereo | `E-0121 A-3/9-88 C` |
| 2013 | US | [RCA FRM-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/5214582) | LP / Album / Limited Edition / Reissue / Remastered / Stereo / Blue Translucent, 180 Gram | `88725459531-A Long Live The King 20911.1(3)` |
| 2015 | Europe | [RCA Victor AFL1-2428](https://www.discogs.com/release/7832483) | LP / Compilation / Limited Edition / Numbered / Reissue / Stereo / Clear Vinyl | `506020-975083 A-1` |
| 2017 | Europe | [RCA Victor 88985446191](https://www.discogs.com/release/11198754) | LP / Album / Reissue / Blue Translucent | `BH80472-01 A1 KR` |
| 2024 | — | [RCA Victor 506020-975182](https://www.discogs.com/release/30960463) | LP / Compilation / Limited Edition / Numbered / Reissue / Stereo / Gold Sparkle | `506020-975083 A-1` |

Source: Discogs database, checked 2026-10-12. 45 of 315 vinyl releases of this title are shown, oldest first.

A black PL 12428 from the UK or Germany is therefore the normal copy for that country, not the rare US variant. A Canadian black AFL1-2428 exists as well; it uses the US number but was pressed at RCA’s Smiths Falls plant in Canada, so check the label for the country of manufacture.

## Sealed copies and hype stickers

Original US copies came shrink-wrapped, and stickers on the shrink announced “The Blue Album” and “Contains the hits Moody Blue and Way Down”. They may or may not be present. Umphred notes that most sealed copies with these stickers hold the standard blue record, so a sealed copy is usually a sealed common record. In his account, one sealed copy sold for $300 in 2016 and many have sold for $20–30 since.

A sealed black copy is different, because the seal hides the one feature that matters. The sealed black copy in our sales table was sold as black; with a sealed record the buyer has to take the seller’s word for it. If you are offered a “sealed black” Moody Blue, ask how the colour was established. Our guides to [sealed record value](https://vinylai.app/guides/sealed-vinyl-records-value/) and [spotting a resealed record](https://vinylai.app/guides/resealed-vinyl-how-to-tell/) cover the checks.

## Moody Blue sold prices

These are completed sales we could verify, with date and venue. eBay results are as archived by Popsike. Rockhurst figures include the buyer’s premium.

| Date | Copy | Condition | Price | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2009 | Black, AFL1-2428 | EX / EX | $42 | eBay (archived by Popsike) |
| Apr 3, 2011 | Purple splash (non-catalogue colour) | M / M | **$5,300** | eBay (archived by Popsike) |
| May 1, 2022 | Black, AFL1-2428 | VG, two scratches on side 2 | $115 incl. premium | Rockhurst Auctions |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Black, AFL1-2428 | NM / NM | $110 | eBay (archived by Popsike) |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Black, AFL1-2428 | Mint record, lightly worn sleeve | **$230** incl. premium | Rockhurst Auctions |
| Feb 15, 2026 | Black, AFL1-2428, sealed | Record VG++, cover M | $203 | eBay (archived by Popsike) |

Since 2022, black AFL1-2428 copies have sold for $110–230, with condition deciding where in that range a copy lands. The 2009 result of $42 shows how widely single sales can vary. This is a small sample: six sales, five of them black copies, and several of the auctions had a single bid. Treat these figures as a guide to the range, not a quotation.

Grade both record and sleeve before comparing with these figures; see our [vinyl grading guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-grading-guide/).

## Moody Blue at 50: reissues to know about

*Moody Blue* turns fifty in July 2027. Several later editions are on blue or clear vinyl, and they are easy to mistake for the 1977 record:

- **2013, Friday Music FRM-2428:** translucent blue, 180 g, limited edition, pressed at RTI.
- **2015, Follow That Dream:** a numbered two-LP edition on clear vinyl.
- **2017, 40th anniversary, Sony/Legacy 88985446191:** translucent blue, released November 24, 2017; some copies carry a “The Blue Album” sticker.

Their run-outs are different — the 2013 edition reads `88725459531-A`, the 2017 one `BH80472-01` — and none carries the Masterfonics GAM credit of the 1977 lacquers. As of October 12, 2026, no fiftieth-anniversary edition has been announced. We will update this page before the anniversary. We do not forecast prices for it.

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Table of Contents

- Blue or black: which Moody Blue is rare
- What happened in July and August 1977
- How to identify an early black pressing: label, prefix and run-out
- Green, red, white and yellow Moody Blue: the special pressings
- Moody Blue pressings outside the US
- Sealed copies and hype stickers
- Moody Blue sold prices
- Moody Blue at 50: reissues to know about

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## FAQ: elvis moody blue vinyl value

How much is Elvis Presley’s Moody Blue record worth?

A standard blue translucent copy (AFL1-2428) is worth about $5–10 in Neal Umphred’s guide. The scarce 1977 US copy on black vinyl has sold for $110–230 since 2022: $115 for a VG copy at Rockhurst in May 2022 and $230 for a Mint copy at Rockhurst in December 2025. Special pressings on other colours are worth far more.

Are blue vinyl records worth anything?

Colour alone does not make a record valuable — scarcity and demand do. The blue Moody Blue is the clearest example: it was the standard US issue, pressed in very large numbers, so it sells for a few dollars. Coloured vinyl matters when the colour marks a small, documented batch, as with the test-pressing colours of Moody Blue.

Why isn’t Moody Blue worth a lot?

Because it is common. RCA kept pressing the blue record through the huge demand that followed Elvis’s death in August 1977, and the album was certified Gold and Platinum within a month. Copies in good condition are easy to find. The exception is the short early-August run on black vinyl, which is why black AFL1-2428 copies sell for far more.

How do I know if my Moody Blue is the rare black pressing?

Check the catalogue number first: it must be AFL1-2428, not AQL1-2428, which is the 1980 black reissue. Then hold the disc to the light — the rare copy is opaque black. Finally, the run-out should read AFL1-2428 with Masterfonics GAM, like the examples in our table. A label printed outside the US means a foreign pressing.

Is the Canadian or UK Moody Blue rare?

Not as a rule. According to Wikipedia, overseas pressings were on black vinyl, except the first Canadian and Argentine pressings, which were blue. A black UK or German PL 12428 is the normal copy for that market. A Canadian black AFL1-2428 exists, but it is a Canadian pressing, not the US early-August variant.

Are Moody Blue reissues worth buying?

As listening copies, yes — the 2013 Friday Music edition was pressed at RTI on 180 g blue vinyl, and the 2017 40th-anniversary edition is also blue. As collectibles they are not the 1977 record: they have modern labels and different run-outs. Do not pay a 1977 price for them.

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Table of Contents

- Blue or black: which Moody Blue is rare
- What happened in July and August 1977
- How to identify an early black pressing: label, prefix and run-out
- Green, red, white and yellow Moody Blue: the special pressings
- Moody Blue pressings outside the US
- Sealed copies and hype stickers
- Moody Blue sold prices
- Moody Blue at 50: reissues to know about

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