First-year pressing
The Message 1982 UK Pressing (SH 117)
- Artist
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- Title
- The Message
- Label
- Sugar Hill Records SH 117
- Country
- UK
- Released
- August 1982
- Format
- 7", 45 RPM, Single
- Format notes
- Large Centre Hole
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.
- (SH.117-A)Label side-A
- (SH.117-B)Label side-B
- SH 117 A-1 NOEL DAMONT W-13Runout A-side etched, variant 1
- SH 117 B-1 DAMONT W-11 KDRunout B-side etched, variant 1
- SH 117 A-1 NOEL 2 DAMONT W-4Runout A-side etched, variant 2
- SH 117 B-1 2 DAMONT W-5Runout B-side etched, variant 2
Other UK pressings of The Message
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SHL 11712", 45 RPM
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SHL 11712", 45 RPM
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH 1177", 45 RPM
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SHL 11712", 45 RPM
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH 1177", 45 RPM, White Label
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SHL 11712", 45 RPM, Single
- 1997Not On Label FLASH 112", 33 ⅓ RPM, White Label
- 1997Deepbeats DEEP12 00112", 33 ⅓ RPM
- 2004Antidote ANTTW01012", 33 ⅓ RPM
- 2005Not On Label12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Unofficial Release, White Label
- 2022Sugar Hill Records SHL 117R / BMG SHL 117R12", 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Reissue
- ?Not On Label FLASH 212", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, White Label