Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart, album cover

First-year pressing

Safe As Milk 1967 US Pressing (BDS 5001)

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart

Artist: Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Title: Safe As Milk
Label: Buddah Records BDS 5001
Country: US
Released: August 1967
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.

BDS 5001-ALabel side A
BDS 5001-BLabel side B
o BDS - 5001 - A 1 S 1A ∴ 3Runout side A, variant 1
o BDS 5001-B 1B ∴ 2Runout side B, variant 1
o BDS - 5001- A 1 1B S A 2Runout side A, variant 2
o BDS 5001-B 1A S A 1Runout side B, variant 2

All 70 pressings of Safe As Milk