First-year pressing
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 1977 US Pressing (AL 9500)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by John Williams
- Artist
- John Williams (4)
- Title
- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Label
- Arista AL 9500
- Country
- US
- Released
- December 6, 1977
- Format
- LP, Album, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Styrene, Stereo
- Format notes
- Pitman Pressing, Gatefold; Pitman Pressing
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.
- AL 9500 SASide A label matrix
- AL 9500 SBSide B label matrix
- o AL-9500-SA TML-MSide A runout, variant 1
- P AL-9500-SB TML-MSide B runout, variant 1
- P AL-9500-SA TML-M oSide A runout, variant 2
- P AL-9500-SB TML-M oSide B runout, variant 2
- P AS-9500-SA TML-MSide C Runout
Other US pressings of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
- 1977Arista AL 9500 / Arista AS 9500LP, Album, Stereo, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Stereo
- 1977Arista AL 9500LP, Album
- 1977Arista AL 9500 / Arista AS 9500LP, Album, Promo, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Stereo
- 1977Arista AL 9500LP, Album, Club Edition
- 1977Arista AL 9500LP, Album, Club Edition
- 1977Arista AL 9500LP, Album, Stereo, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Styrene
- 1977Arista AL 9500 / Arista AS 9500LP, Album, Stereo, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Promo
- 1977Arista AL 9500LP, Album, Promo, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Stereo
- 1980Arista ALB6-8365LP, Album, Repress
- 1980Arista AL 9500LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo
- 2003Not On Label AL 9500LP, Reissue, Test Pressing
- 2003Classic Records, Inc. AL 9500LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo