One copy · original 1983 Canada pressing

Rational Youth Rational Youth

Name: Rational Youth – Rational Youth
Brand: Rational Youth
SKU: MLD-304581
Price: 15.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

$15.00 CAD · graded VG+ / VG+

Elbows up (etc.) for one of the key acts in Canadian synth-pop, especially "In your Eyes"

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The record

Artist: Rational Youth
Record: Rational Youth
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Pressings: One of 2 (this is an original)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Year: 1983
Country: Canada
Catalog #: MLP-15012
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mini-Album

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

Record VG+ 8/10

Sleeve VG+ 8/10

Demand37% 207 want · 556 have

Rarity20 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Discogs suggests (VG+)CA$18a mint copy goes for CA$26

My price$15.00-17% vs Discogs

Tracklist

A10:43

A1 In Your Eyes2:51
A2 Just A Sound In The Night3:49
A3 Latin Lovers4:03

B8:52

B1 Holiday In Bangkok5:30
B2 The Man In Grey3:22

How I priced it

CA$15.00 CA$18.06

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG+): CA$18.06
A mint copy goes for: CA$26.40
My price: $15.00(-17% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Jul 26, 2026VG+/VG+ $15.00
Sold May 2, 2026NM/VG+ $20.75
Sold Feb 26, 2026NM/NM $56.35
Sold Jan 20, 2026VG+/VG+ $25.00
Sold Nov 28, 2025NM/NM $19.17
Sold Aug 25, 2025VG+/NM $17.57
Sold Jun 28, 2025VG+/VG+ $31.87
Sold Jun 8, 2025VG+/VG+ $16.00
Sold Apr 10, 2025VG+/VG+ $23.97
Sold Feb 27, 2025VG+/VG+ $22.29

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 Aug 10, 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.