First-year pressing
The Message 1982 US Pressing (SH 268)
- Artist
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- Title
- The Message
- Label
- Sugar Hill Records SH 268
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1982
- Format
- LP, Album
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.
- VID 326-A 19Side A Label
- VID 327-B 19Side B Label
- 'M-2 VID-326-A Sterling JackSide A runout etching, STERLING stamped
- VID-327-B M 3 Sterling JackSide B runout etching, STERLING stamped
- 'M-2 VID-326-A STERLING JackSide A Variant 2
- M-2 VID-327-B STERLING JackSide B Variant 2
Other US pressings of The Message
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH 268LP, Album
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH-268LP, Album, Stereo
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH 268LP, Album
- 1984Sugar Hill Records SH-91516LP, Album
- 2010Sugar Hill Records SH 268LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
- 20178th Records ETH268HLPLP, Album, Reissue
- 2018Sugar Hill Records SH 268LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
- ?Sugar Hill Records SH 268LP, Album, Reissue