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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) by Captain Beefheart, album cover

First-year pressing

Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 1978 US Pressing (BSK 3256)

Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) by Captain Beefheart

Artist
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Title
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Label
  • Warner Bros. Records BSK 3256
Country
US
Released
1978
Format
LP, Album
Format notes
Los Angeles 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.

  • ✲Both sides, stamped, all variants
  • BSK-1-3256-LW2Side A, etched, variant 1
  • BSK-2-3256-LW3Side B, etched, variant 1
  • BSK-1-3256-LW2Side A, etched, variant 2
  • BSK-2-3256-RE-1-LW3Side B, etched, variant 2
  • BSK-1-3256-LW2··Side A, etched, variant 3
  • BSK-2-3256-LW2··Side B, etched, variant 3
  • 1Both sides, stamped parallel to grooves, variant 3
All 30 pressings of Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)