First-year pressing
The Way It Is 1986 US Pressing (5023-7-R)
- Artist
- Bruce Hornsby And The Range
- Title
- The Way It Is
- Label
- RCA 5023-7-R
- Country
- US
- Released
- September 1986
- Format
- 7", 45 RPM, Styrene
- Format notes
- Indianapolis 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.
- 5023-7-R-ALabel A
- 5023-7-R-BLabel B
- 5023-7-R-A-1S Precision Λ 1 IRunout A etched (Λ1 I stamps)
- 5023 - 7 - R-B- 1S Precision I Λ1Runout B etched (I Λ1 stamps)
- IRunouts, stamped
Other US pressings of The Way It Is
- 1986RCA 5023-7-R7", 45 RPM, Stereo
- 1986RCA JR-1442912", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
- 1986RCA 5023-7-RCA7", 45 RPM, Promo
- 1986RCA 5023-7-R7", 45 RPM, Styrene, Stereo