John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan, album cover

First-year pressing

John Wesley Harding 1968 US Pressing (CS 9604)

John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan

Artist: Bob Dylan
Title: John Wesley Harding
Label: Columbia CS 9604
Country: US
Released: January 1968
Format: LP, Album, Stereo
Format notes: Santa Maria Pressing

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.

XSM 135311Side A label
XSM 135312Side B label
XSM-135311-1B o NW[Var. 1] Side A [Etched]
XSM-135312-1B o NW B[Var. 1] Side B [Etched]
Ƨ 1 XSM-135311-1B o A17 NW[Var. 2] Side A, stamped ["Ƨ 1" & "A17 NW" etched]
Ƨ 1 XSM-135311-1B o NW A 28[Var. 2] Side B, stamped ["Ƨ 1" & "NW A 28" etched]
o 1 XSM-13511-1B NW B[Var. 3] Side A, etched ["o" stamped]
Ƨ 1 XSM135312-1E o A 1S[Var. 3] Side B, etched ["o" stamped]

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