Vinyl pressings
by Gorilla Biscuits · 1989
Start Today was first pressed on vinyl in 1989. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
4 pressings came out in 1989, the album's first year, in 2 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.
REV - 12 - A "WERE A SOCER TEAM, JUST VISITING FRIENDS" MASTERED BY TRUTONE -pa.589Side A runout, etched/stamped
REV - 12 - B "ZIP, ZANG, BOOM, YOUR’E OUTTA HERE" MASTERED BY TRUTONE -pa.589Side B runout, etched/stamped
REV - 12 - A "WERE A SOCER TEAM, JUST VISITING FRIENDS" MASTERED BY TRUTONE -pa.589Side A runout, etched/stamped
REV - 12 - B "ZIP, ZANG, BOOM, YOUR’E OUTTA HERE" MASTERED BY TRUTONE -pa.589Side B runout, etched/stamped
Sonderegger WB 054-ASide A, stamped
Sonderegger WB 054-BSide B, stamped
Sonderegger WB 054-ASide A
Sonderegger WB 054-BSide B
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Germany | We Bite Records WB 054First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1989 | Germany | We Bite Records WB 054First yearLP, Album · Colored vinyl | LP, Album · Colored vinyl |
| 1989 | Germany | We Bite Records WB 054LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing | LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing |
| 1989 | US | Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album, Repress | LP, Album, Repress |
| 1989 | US | Revelation Records Revelation:12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1989 | US | Revelation Records Revelation:12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12First yearLP, Album · Colored vinyl | LP, Album · Colored vinyl |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | US | Revelation Records Revelation:12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album, Repress | LP, Album, Repress |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | US | Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album, Reissue · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Reissue · Colored vinyl |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | US | Revelation Records REVELATION:12LP, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Test Pressing · Test pressing, Numbered | LP, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Test Pressing · Test pressing, Numbered |
| 2012 | US | Revelation Records REVELATION:12 / Revelation Records 12LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2014 | US | Revelation Records REV012ALP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue · Limited | LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue · Limited |
| 2014 | US | Revelation Records REV012BLP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2019 | US | Revelation Records REV012LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 2019 | Japan | Revelation Records REVELATION:12 / Disk Union REV012-OLP, Album, Repress | LP, Album, Repress |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | US | Revelation Records REV012LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 2021 | US | Revelation Records REV012LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 2022 | Japan | Revelation Records REVELATION:12 / Disk Union REV012-OLP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 2022 | US | Revelation Records REV012LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 2024 | US | Revelation Records REV-12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album, Reissue · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Reissue · Colored vinyl |
| 2025 | US | Revelation Records REV-12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album, Reissue · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Reissue · Colored vinyl |
| 2026 | US | Revelation Records REV012-1LP, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | US | Revelation Records REV-12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| ? | US | Revelation Records Revelation:12 / Revelation Records Revelation: 12LP, Album | LP, Album |
23 vinyl pressings of Start Today are listed here, from 3 countries, released between 1989 and 2026.
The earliest pressings are from 1989, in US, Germany. One of them is Revelation Records Revelation:12.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use Revelation:12, WB 054) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, REV - 12 - A "WERE A SOCER TEAM, JUST VISITING FRIENDS" MASTERED BY TRUTONE -pa.589 and REV - 12 - B "ZIP, ZANG, BOOM, YOUR’E OUTTA HERE" MASTERED BY TRUTONE -pa.589. 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.
