Vulfpeck – Thrill Of The Arts

About this record

Stamped in the dead wax, the runouts read MPO VULF1202 - A and MPO VULF1202 - B, which places this Vulf Records release at the MPO pressing plant rather than anywhere else. Vulfpeck's Thrill Of The Arts arrived in 2015 as a US release with a short run tied to a crowdfunding campaign, and the release notes record 1,673 copies sold via Kickstarter.

Two jacket variants exist, and they are not interchangeable in the way a collector might assume.

What drives its value

The price guide for this pressing runs from a VG price of 162.81 up to a Mint price of 343.71 USD, so grading moves the value more than almost anything else on this record. An NM copy is listed at 307.53 and a VG+ at 235.17, which means the middle grades carry most of the market's weight.

Supply is thin: the lowest current listing is 170 USD and there are 7 copies for sale. Demand is clearly ahead of supply, with 1833 community members wanting the record against 889 who have it.

The release also sits in a two-jacket split: the US jacket has no spine and was screen printed in Michigan, while the EU jacket has a spine and was digitally printed in Taiwan, and buyers should price each variant separately rather than treating the title as one listing.

How to appraise this pressing

To confirm this exact pressing, begin with the catalogue number VULF1202 and the Vulf Records label, then examine the dead wax. The matrix runouts should read MPO VULF1202 - A on side one and MPO VULF1202 - B on side two; the MPO plant code is the strongest differentiator when comparing against other copies.

Next, identify the jacket variant. The US jacket has no spine and was screen printed in Michigan, while the EU jacket has a spine and was digitally printed in Taiwan, and the EU version carries a barcode on the back reading 7 22589 27458 9.

Note that the record is catalogued without a barcode in its own right, so a barcode alone does not confirm the edition. For grading, judge the vinyl and sleeve separately, since the two jacket variants show different printing methods and wear patterns, and assign the grade to the record and jacket together.

Further reading: grading a record, what makes a pressing valuable.