Vinyl pressings
by Eddie Bo · 1970
Check Your Bucket was first pressed on vinyl in 1970. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
7 pressings came out in 1970, 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.
BO-22833-1 8.31.71 RO AT XA Side etched runout
BO-22833-1 8.31.71 AT X ROB Side etched runout
BO-22832 SPA-Side Label
BO-22833 SPB-Side Label
BO-22832-2 AT XSide A Runout
BO-22833-2 AT XSide B Runout
BO-22832-PLSide A Label
BO-22833-PLSide B Label
BS-5551 203 CB music cityRun-out side A
BS-5552 203 CB music cityRun-out side B
BO-22832 - 3 MR AT ∆ 86164A-Side Runout Etching
BO-22833 - 3 MR AT ∆ 86164-xB-Side Runout Etching
SO-22832-MOA-Side Label
SO-22833-MOB-Side Label
BO-22832 SPA-Side Label
BO-22833 SPB-Side Label
BO-22832-2 AT XSide A Runout
BO-22833-2 AT XSide B Runout
BO-22832-PLSide A Label
BO-22833-PLSide B Label
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound BO-5551First year7", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo | 7", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo |
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound BO-5551First year7", 45 RPM, Single | 7", 45 RPM, Single |
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound 45-5551First year7", 45 RPM | 7", 45 RPM |
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound #5551First year7", 45 RPM, Single | 7", 45 RPM, Single |
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound BO-5551First year7", 45 RPM, Styrene | 7", 45 RPM, Styrene |
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound 45-5551First year7", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo | 7", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo |
| 1970 | US | Bo-Sound BO-5551First year7", 45 RPM, Promo, Styrene · Promo | 7", 45 RPM, Promo, Styrene · Promo |
| 1973 | UK | Action ACT 46097", 45 RPM | 7", 45 RPM |
| 1973 | UK | Action ACT 46097", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo | 7", 45 RPM, Promo · Promo |
| 1973 | UK | Action ACT 46097", 45 RPM, Single, Promo · Promo | 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo · Promo |
10 vinyl pressings of Check Your Bucket are listed here, from 2 countries, released between 1970 and 1973.
The earliest pressings are from 1970, in US. One of them is Bo-Sound BO-5551.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use BO-5551, 45-5551, #5551) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, BO-22833-1 8.31.71 RO AT X and BO-22833-1 8.31.71 AT X RO. 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.
