First-year pressing
The Message 1982 UK Pressing (SHL 117)
- Artist
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- Title
- The Message
- Label
- Sugar Hill Records SHL 117
- Country
- UK
- Released
- 1982
- Format
- 12", 45 RPM
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.
- SHL 117 A-2 NOEL DAMONTVariant 1, Side A, Etched
- SHL 117 B-1 DAMONT AE 2Variant 1, Side B, Etched
- SHL 117 A-2 NOEL.1 DAMONT KAVariant 2, Side A, Etched
- SHL 117 B-1 ♪ DAMONT 1 DAVariant 2, Side B, Etched
- SHL 117 A-2 NOEL DAMONT BEVariant 3, Side A, Etched
- SHL 117 B-1 ♪ DAMONT AXVariant 3, Side B, Etched
Other UK pressings of The Message
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SHL 11712", 45 RPM
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH 1177", 45 RPM, Single
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SHL 11712", 45 RPM
- 1982Sugar Hill Records SH 1177", 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