First-year pressing
The Most Happy Fella 1956 US Pressing (OL 5118)
The Most Happy Fella by Frank Loesser
Mono
- Artist
- Frank Loesser Starring Robert Weede With Jo Sullivan (2), Art Lund, Susan Johnson (4), Shorty Long (3), Mona Paulee With The Original Cast Of 'The Most Happy Fella'
- Title
- The Most Happy Fella
- Label
- Columbia Masterworks OL 5118
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1956
- Format
- LP, Album, Mono
- Format notes
- Bridgeport 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.
- x"Lp" 38353Side A label matrix
- x"Lp" 38354Side B label matrix
- XLP38353-3AD . . ☆Side A stamped, variant 1
- XLP38354-1D . ☆Side B stamped, variant 1
- XLP38353-3AD . . ☆Side A stamped, variant 2
- XLP38354-1F . ☆Side B stamped, variant 2
- XLP38353-3BB . ☆Side A stamped, variant 3
- XLP38354-1F . ☆Side B stamped, variant 3
- XLP38353-3AE . . ☆Side A stamped, variant 4
- XLP38354-1B . ☆Side B stamped, variant 4
Other US pressings of The Most Happy Fella
- 1956Columbia Masterworks OL 5118 / Columbia Masterworks OL-5118LP, Album, Mono
- 1963Columbia Masterworks OS 2330LP, Album, Remastered, Stereo
- 1963Columbia PRL 5030LP, Album, Mono
- ?Columbia OL 5118LP, Album, Promo, Mono