First-year pressing

Hotel California 1976 US Pressing (7E-1084)

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.

7E-1084-ALabel A
7E-1084-BLabel B
7E 1084 A RE -8 PRCW 1 "IS IT SIX O'CLOCK YET? STERLING LHRunout A, variant 1
7E 1084 B RE -8 PRCW 1̶-̶ 1-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LHRunout B, variant 1
7E 1084 A RE -8 PRCW 1 "IS IT 6 O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING LHRunout A, variant 2
7E 1084 B RE -8 PRCW 1̶ 1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LHRunout B, variant 2
7E 1084 A RE -8 PRCW | LH "IS IT 6 O'CLOCK YET?" STERLINGRunout A, variant 3
7E 1084 B RE -6 PRC -11-111 PRC "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLINGRunout B, variant 3
7E 1084 A RE -8 PRCW 1 "IS IT SIX O'CLOCK YET? STERLING LHRunout A, variant 4
7E 1084 B12 RE PRCW 1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LHRunout B, variant 4