US
2007- Label and catalog number
- It's Alive Records IAR 17Recess Records Recess #109
- Format
- 7" · Violet
Vinyl pressings
by Dear Landlord · 2007
Dear Landlord / Chinese Telephones was first pressed on vinyl in 2007. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
1 pressing came out in 2007, the album's first year. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.
Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.
By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | US | It's Alive Records IAR # 17 / Recess Records RR #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 2007 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 2007 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress | 7", Repress |
| 2007 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #109First year7" | 7" |
| 2007 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 177", 45 RPM, Test Pressing · Test pressing | 7", 45 RPM, Test Pressing · Test pressing |
| 2007 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM | 7", Repress, 45 RPM |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM | 7", Repress, 45 RPM |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM | 7", Repress, 45 RPM |
| 2009 | US | It's Alive Records IAR 17 / Recess Records Recess #1097", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", Repress, 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
13 vinyl pressings of Dear Landlord / Chinese Telephones are listed here, from 1 country, released between 2007 and 2009.
The earliest pressings are from 2007, in US. One of them is It's Alive Records IAR 17.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use IAR 17) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.
It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.