First-year pressing

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II 1971 US Pressing (KG 31120)

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

AL 31121Side A label
BL 31121Side B label
AL 31122Side C label
BL 31122Side D label
o P AL-31121-1C 1 Ƨ A 4Side A runout, stamped ["P" & "1 Ƨ A 4" etched], variant 1
o P BL-31121-1C S 1 B 2Side B runout, stamped ["P" & "S 1 B 2" etched], variant 1
o P AL-31122-1C 1 Ƨ C2Side C runout, stamped ["P" & "1 Ƨ C2" etched], variant 1
o P AL-31122-1C 1 Ƨ C2Side D runout, stamped ["P" & "2 Ƨ C3" etched], variant 1
o P AL-31121-1G 1 Ƨ A1Side A runout stamped exc. P 1Ƨ & A1 etched, variant 2
o P BL-31121-1C 1Ƨ C6Side B runout stamped exc. P 1Ƨ & C6 etched, variant 2
o P AL-31122-1C 2Ƨ B8Side C runout stamped exc. P 2Ƨ & B8 etched, variant 2
o P BL-31122-1G 1S A1Side D runout stamped exc. P 1S & A1 etched, variant 2
o P AL-31121-1G 1 Ƨ D1Side A runout stamped exc. Ƨ & D1 etched, variant 3
o P BL-31121-1C Ƨ C11Side B runout stamped exc. P Ƨ & C11 etched, variant 3
o P AL-31122-1C 2Ƨ C12Side C runout stamped exc. P 2Ƨ & C12 etched, variant 3
o P BL-31122-1G 1S A16Side D runout stamped exc. P S1 & A16 etched, variant 3