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First-year pressing

Third Stage 1986 US Pressing (MCA-6188)

Third Stage by Boston

Artist
Boston
Title
Third Stage
Label
  • MCA Records MCA-6188
Country
US
Released
September 26, 1986
Format
LP, Album
Format notes
Gloversville Press, Gatefold
Barcode
0 76732-6188-1 3, 076732618813

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.

  • MCA5948Label side A
  • MCA5949Label side B
  • MCA-5948-MD-1 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 1
  • MCA-5948-MD-1 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 1
  • MCA-5948-MD-2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 2
  • MCA-5949-MD-2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 2
  • MCA-5948-MD-1 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 3
  • MCA-5949-MD-2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 3
  • MCA-5948-MD-2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 4
  • MCA-5949-MD-1 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 4
  • MCA-5948-MD-1 4 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 5
  • MCA-5948-MD-1 2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 5
  • MCA-5948-MD-2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 6
  • MCA-5948-MD-3 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 6
  • MCA-5948-MD-2 2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side A runout, variant 7
  • MCA-5949-MD-2 2 MASTERDISK ⧈-G-⧈Side B runout, variant 7

Other US pressings of Third Stage

All 53 pressings of Third Stage