Mean As Hell! (Ballads From The True West) by Johnny Cash, album cover

First-year pressing

Mean As Hell! 1966 US Pressing (CS 9246)

Mean As Hell! (Ballads From The True West) by Johnny Cash

Artist: Johnny Cash
Title: Mean As Hell! (Ballads From The True West)
Label: Columbia CS 9246
Country: US
Released: March 1966
Format: LP, Album, Stereo

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.

XSM 112384Side A label
XSM 112385Side B label
XSM 112384-1CSide A runout, variant 1
XSM 112385-1CSide B runout, variant 1
o XSM 112384-1C A6Side A runout, variant 2
o XSM 112385-1C A2Side B runout, variant 2

All 22 pressings of Mean As Hell!