One copy

Keith Jarrett Expectations

Expectations? Yeah people got some of this guy — calling this release one of progressive jazz's best kept secrets.

Label: Columbia · PG 31580
Pressing: Original 1972, US
Market value: CA$21

$20.004% under

1 / 2Images courtesy ofVia Discogs

Expectations $20.00 · 4% under

The record

Artist: Keith Jarrett
Record: Expectations
Label: Columbia
Released: 1972
Genre: Jazz
Pressings: One of 37 (this is an original)

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This copy

OG Gatefold

Nice thick gatefold with minor ringwear and discoloration

Year: 1972
Country: US
Catalog #: PG 31580
Format: 2× Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold

Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.

VG+ 8/10

Record

Very Good Plus

VG+ 8/10

Sleeve

Very Good Plus

Demand22% 133 want · 593 have

Rarity27 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Tracklist

A21:11

A1 Vision0:46
A2 Common Mama8:10
A3 The Magician In You6:53
A4 Roussillon5:22

B18:57

B1 Expectations4:24
B2 Take Me Back9:30
B3 The Circular Letter (For J.K.)5:03

C17:20

C1 Nomads17:20

D19:46

D1 Sundance4:26
D2 Bring Back The Time When (If)9:50
D3 There Is A Road (God's River)5:30

How I priced it

CA$20.00 CA$20.84

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG+): CA$20.84
Others for sale in VG+: 16 of 27 (5 VG·16 VG+·6 NM)
Cheapest VG+-or-better elsewhere: CA$16.26 (VG+ · I'm CA$3.74 more)
Ship from Canada: 1 of 27 (the rest cross a border to reach you)
A mint copy goes for: CA$93.09
My price: $20.00(-4% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Jan 31, 2026VG+/VG+ $14.00
Sold Jan 21, 2026VG+/VG+ $14.00
Sold Oct 27, 2025VG+/VG $7.00
Sold Oct 4, 2025VG+/VG $19.31
Sold Aug 29, 2025VG+/VG $23.31
Sold Jun 26, 2025NM/NM $42.97
Sold Jun 17, 2025VG+/VG+ $18.90
Sold May 31, 2025VG+/VG $16.79
Sold Apr 6, 2025VG/VG $12.60
Sold Feb 20, 2025VG+/VG+ $21.41

Grades read record/sleeve. Filled bar: sold in the same grades as mine (VG+/VG+). Outlined: one grade matches. Dashed line: my price. Hover a row for the date.

Prices checked Sep 20, 2026 against the exact Discogs pressing. Check me. Photos come from the Discogs entry for this release. Credit or removal on request.

The fine print

Free pickup in Vancouver. Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight.

Shipping & pickup

Pickup in Vancouver is free at any size, and it gets you at the new arrivals first.

Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight, worked out at checkout. Records are heavy, so the shop works in boxes. A box holds 12. A full box ships free anywhere in Canada. So does $250, whichever comes first.

Returns

If a record arrives worse than I graded it, tell me within 14 days. I'll email a Canada Post return label as a QR code. Take the package to any post office. No printer, no cost to you. Store credit for the full amount once it's back.

Otherwise sales are final.

The ritual, before it reaches you

Played first

Every record gets a needle test before it's listed. If it doesn't play clean, it doesn't get posted.

Matrix-matched

The dead-wax runouts are read character by character and matched to the exact Discogs pressing. This one, not one like it.

Graded Goldmine

Record and sleeve graded separately to the Goldmine standard, as honestly as my ears and eyes allow. The grade sets the price.

Washed

Every record runs through the HumminGuru washer. Goat-hair brushes, alcohol-free fluid. It dries on the rack before it's shelved. Dust is not a genre.

Fresh outer

Slipped into a brand-new outer sleeve, so the jacket you get stays the jacket I graded.

Packed apart

Before boxing, the record comes out of the jacket and rides beside it. The old mailer trick that stops seam splits in transit.