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Vinyl pressings

Where Are You?

by Frank Sinatra · 1957

65 pressings19 countriesBalladVocalJazzPop

Where Are You? was first pressed on vinyl in 1957. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.

How to spot a first pressing of Where Are You?

11 pressings came out in 1957, the album's first year, in 9 countries. 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.

US

1957
Label and catalog number
Capitol Records W 855Capitol Records W-855
Format
LP, Album, Mono · Scranton
Runout / matrix

W1-855Label A

W2-855Label B

W1-855-N18var. 1 A

W2-855-N5#3var. 1 B

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US

September 1957
Label and catalog number
Capitol Records W855Capitol Records W-855
Format
LP, Album, Misprint, Mono · Scranton Pressing
Runout / matrix

W1-855-D6Side A runout, variant 1

W2-855-D6Side B runout, variant 1

W1-855-N4 #2 ["Anvil / Lathe" symbol]Side A runout, variant 2

W2-855-N5 ["Anvil / Lathe" symbol]Side B runout, variant 2

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US

1957
Label and catalog number
Capitol Records W-855
Format
LP, Album, Misprint, Promo, Mono · Scranton Pressing
Runout / matrix

W1-855-D1

W2-855-D1 #2

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UK

1957
Label and catalog number
Capitol Records LCT 6152
Format
LP, Album, Mono
Runout / matrix

W1-855-1NRunout Stamp Side A

W2-855-1NRunout Stamp Side B

W1 855-1N GA 3Runout Stamp Side A, variant 1

W2 855-1N ARunout Stamp Side B, variant 1

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Canada

1957
Label and catalog number
Capitol Records W 855Capitol Records W-855
Format
LP, Album, Mono
Runout / matrix

-W1-855-D2 [Anvil symbol]Runout side A

-W2-855-D2 [Anvil symbol]Runout side B

W1-855Label side A

W2-855Label side B

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Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.

All 65 vinyl pressings

By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.

1950s27 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1957ArgentinaCapitol Discos W855 / Capitol Records W-855First yearLP, AlbumLP, Album
1957CanadaCapitol Records W 855 / Capitol Records W-855First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1957JapanCapitol Records 2LP-3010First yearLPLP
1957MexicoCapitol Records WM 855 / Capitol Records WM 855First yearLP, AlbumLP, Album
1957NetherlandsCapitol Records W-855First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1957NorwayCapitol Records W 855 / Capitol Records W.855First yearLP, AlbumLP, Album
1957ScandinaviaCapitol Records W 855 / Capitol Records W.855First yearLP, AlbumLP, Album
1957UKCapitol Records LCT 6152First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1957USCapitol Records W 855 / Capitol Records W-855First yearLP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1957USCapitol Records W-855First yearLP, Album, Misprint, Promo, Mono · Promo, MonoLP, Album, Misprint, Promo, Mono · Promo, Mono
1957USCapitol Records W855 / Capitol Records W-855First yearLP, Album, Misprint, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Misprint, Mono · Mono
1957USArmed Forces Radio & Television Service Station Library P-5661/5662LP, 16", Album, TranscriptionLP, 16", Album, Transcription
1958ItalyCapitol Records W 855LP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1958JapanCapitol Records 2LP-3010LP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
1958USCapitol Records W 855 / Capitol Records W-855LP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
All 27 pressings from the 1950s
1960s14 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1960USCapitol Records SW 855 / Capitol Records SW-855LP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
1960USCapitol Records SW 855 / Capitol Records SW-855LP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
1961BrazilCapitol Records W 855LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono
1961New ZealandLight Music Club SLZ 7015 / Light Music Club LZ 7015LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo · Club edition
1961AustraliaLight Music Club LM 7015 / Light Music Club 7015LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono · Mono, Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Mono · Mono, Club edition
1962NetherlandsCapitol Records W 855LP, Reissue, Mono · MonoLP, Reissue, Mono · Mono
1962USCapitol Records W 855LP, Album, Repress, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono
1962USCapitol Records SW 855LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1962USCapitol Records SW 855 / Capitol Records ST-855LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · Club edition
1962USCapitol Records SW 855LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1963AustraliaWorld Record Club LM 7015 / World Record Club 7015LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Mono · Mono, Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Mono · Mono, Club edition
1965AustraliaLight Music Club S-7015 / Light Music Club LM 7015LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo · Club edition
1965USCapitol Records SW 855 / Capitol Records ST-855LP, Album, Repress, StereoLP, Album, Repress, Stereo
1968AustraliaWorld Record Club S/2484 / World Record Club S-7015LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo · Club edition
1970s4 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1970USCapitol Records SF-531LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1973USCapitol Records SF-531LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1976JapanCapitol Records ECJ-60001LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1979USCapitol Records SN-16111LP, AlbumLP, Album
1980s4 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1983USCapitol Records W 855 / Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL-1-134LP, Promo · PromoLP, Promo · Promo
1984EuropeCapitol Records 1A 038-260018 1 / Capitol Records 1A 038 260018 1LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · Mono
1984UKCapitol Records CAPS 26-0018-1LP, Stereo, RemasteredLP, Stereo, Remastered
1985SpainCapitol Records 062-2600181LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2010s1 pressing
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
2012USMobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 1-406 / Capitol Records 509996-36164-1-5LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · Mono, Limited, NumberedLP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · Mono, Limited, Numbered
Year unknown15 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
?AustraliaCapitol Records W855LP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
?AustraliaLight Music Club LM 7015 / Light Music Club 7015LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Mono · Mono, Club editionLP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Mono · Mono, Club edition
?CanadaCapitol Records SW 855 / Capitol Records SW-855LP, AlbumLP, Album
?ColombiaCapitol Records W855 / Capitol Records W-855LP, Album, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Mono · Mono
?DenmarkCapitol Records W 855LP, AlbumLP, Album
?EuropeCapitol Records 1A 038 26 0018 1LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono · MonoLP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono · Mono
?JapanCapitol Records 2LP-3010LP, Test Pressing · Test pressingLP, Test Pressing · Test pressing
?JapanCapitol Records 2LP-3010LP · Colored vinylLP · Colored vinyl
?NetherlandsCapitol Records 5C 052-81302LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
?NetherlandsCapitol Records 5C 052-81302LP, Reissue, Repress, StereoLP, Reissue, Repress, Stereo
?New ZealandLight Music Club LZ 7015 / World Record Club LZ 7015LP, Reissue, Mono · MonoLP, Reissue, Mono · Mono
?South AfricaCapitol Records W 855 / Capitol Records W-855LP, AlbumLP, Album
?UKCapitol Records SW 855LP, Album, Reissue, StereoLP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
?USCapitol Records ST 855 / Capitol Records ST-855LP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
?USCapitol Records SN-16267LP, ReissueLP, Reissue

Tracklist

  1. A1Where Are You?
  2. A2The Night We Called It A Day
  3. A3I Cover The Waterfront
  4. A4Maybe You'll Be There
  5. A5Laura
  6. A6Lonely Town
  7. B1Autumn Leaves
  8. B2I'm A Fool To Want You
  9. B3I Think Of You
  10. B4Where Is The One
  11. B5There's No You
  12. B6Baby Won't You Please Come Home

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of Where Are You? are there?

65 vinyl pressings of Where Are You? are listed here, from 19 countries, released between 1957 and 2012.

When was Where Are You? first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1957, in US, UK, Argentina, Canada and more. One of them is Capitol Records W 855.

How do I tell if my copy of Where Are You? is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use W 855, W855, W-855, LCT 6152) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, W1-855 and W2-855. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is Where Are You? on vinyl worth?

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.

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