Muse — S/T EP (Record Store Day 2026)
Called 17 April 2026 · #misc-alerts · Resell Vault Drops
- In · retail
- £15
- Out · eBay UK solds
- £75–100
- Net · per unit
- +£60–85
- ROI · at the low end
- 400%+
Why we called it
Record Store Day is hundreds of releases deep, and most of them are landfill for resellers. The night before RSD 2026, members got a ranked top-10 with retail, resale estimate and links for every pick — the product of actually reading the full list so nobody else had to.
The standout was Muse's 1998 self-titled EP, pressed to vinyl for the first time on translucent neon red at roughly £15. The original pressing trades at £150–300 on Discogs; the maths didn't need embellishing. Estimated £75–100 resale on a £15 queue-up made it the highest-conviction pick on the board.
The edge
What members knew before everyone else worked it out.
- A ranked, filtered top-10 out of hundreds of RSD titles — with runs as low as 1,300 copies flagged.
- First-ever pressing of a release whose original commands £150–300: demand already proven by the parent record.
- Every pick came with eBay sold and Discogs comps attached, not vibes.
- First-come-first-served in-store format — the whole edge was knowing which queue was worth standing in.
How it played out
- 17 Apr
The top-10 drops
The ranked RSD hit list goes out the night before, Muse EP at the top with the Discogs history attached.
- 18 Apr
RSD morning
Members queue for the shortlist, not the whole catalogue — in and out with the titles that matter.
The takeaway
RSD rewards preparation and punishes browsing. A £60–85 margin on the right £15 record — and the discipline to skip the other 290 releases — is what a filtered call list is for.
You missed this one
The next call is already being written
Every flip on this page was pinged to members before it happened — with retail, resell and risk attached. Pro membership includes every drop alert, in-store stock checkers and the weekly calendar.
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