Vinyl pressings
by Jaap Fischer · 1961
Monniken was first pressed on vinyl in 1961. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
12 pressings came out in 1961, the album's first year. 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.
7-TFA-2003A-side runout, etched
7-TFA-2004B-side runout, etched
SGI-EP-007 AA-side label
SGI-EP-007 BB-side label
7 TFA 2004 HM000609-3Side A
7 TFA 2003 HM000610-8Side B
7 TFA 2004 HM 000 609-2Runout side A, variant 1
7 TFA 2004̷ 3 HM 000 610-5Runout side B, variant 1
7 TFA 2003Runout side A, variant 2
7 TFA 2004 HM 000 610-6Runout side B, variant 2
7TFA2004 HH000609-4Side A, runout etched
7TFA-2003 HM000610-13Side B, runout etched
7 TFA 2004Side A, label
7 TFA 2003Side B, label
7 tfa 2004 HA000609-7-1Runout side A
A 7TFA-2003 HM 000 610-5Runout side B
7 TFA 2004Label side A
7 TFA 2003Label side 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.
12 vinyl pressings of Monniken are listed here, from 1 country.
The earliest pressings are from 1961, in Netherlands. One of them is Studenten Gramofoonplaten Industrie sgi ep - 007.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use sgi ep - 007, SGI-EP-007) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, 7-TFA-2003 and 7-TFA-2004. 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.
