Vinyl pressings
by Johnny Cash · 1958
The Fabulous Johnny Cash was first pressed on vinyl in 1958. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
16 pressings came out in 1958, the album's first year, in 5 countries. 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.
XLP444041AB IIIIIIVVariant 1: Side A
XLP44405-1BC IIIIIIIIVVariant 1: Side B
XLP44404-1E IIIAVariant 2: Side A - Stamped, except "IIIA"
XLP44405-1AB IVariant 2: Side B - Stamped, except "I"
XLP44404-1AC A1Runout side A, variant 1
XLP44405-1BB T D1Runout side B, variant 1
XLP44404-1A T 1A1Runout side A, variant 2
XLP44405-1K- TRunout side B, variant 2
XLP44404-1DSide A, stamped
XLP44405-1KSide B, stamped
XLP44404-1C 111HSide A runout, variant 1
XLP44405-1KSide B runout, variant 1
XLP44404-1C 1HSide A runout, variant 2
XLP44405-1L 1HSide B runout, variant 2
XLP44404-1H 1111HSide A, stamped [Etched 1111H], variant 1
XLP44405-1K BXSide B, stamped [Etched BX], variant 1
XLP44404-1H H1Side A, stamped [Etched H1], variant 2
XLP44405-1AH H1Side B, stamped [Etched H1], variant 2
XSM44408-1CSide 1
XSM44409-1BSide 2
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.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Canada | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | Canada | Columbia Special Products P 11506First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | Canada | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | Netherlands | Philips 840 044 BYFirst yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1958 | New Zealand | Coronet KLP 756First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | New Zealand | Coronet KLP 756First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | UK | Philips BBL 7298LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | UK | Philips BBL 7298First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | UK | Philips BBL 7298First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | US | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | US | Columbia CS 8122First yearLP, Album, Promo · Promo | LP, Album, Promo · Promo |
| 1958 | US | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Promo, Mono · Promo, Mono | LP, Album, Promo, Mono · Promo, Mono |
| 1958 | US | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | US | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1958 | US | Columbia CL 1253First yearLP, Album, Misprint, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Misprint, Mono · Mono |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Canada | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| 1961 | UK | Philips BBL.7298LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| 1961 | US | Columbia CS 8122LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1961 | US | Columbia CS 8122LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1961 | US | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Repress | LP, Album, Repress |
| 1961 | US | Columbia CS 8122LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1961 | US | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| 1961 | US | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1962 | UK | CBS BPG 62042LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1962 | UK | CBS SBPG 62042 / CBS CS 8122LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1962 | US | Columbia CS 8122LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1962 | US | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| 1963 | UK | CBS BPG 62042LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1963 | UK | CBS SBPG 62042LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1963 | US | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Taiwan | Hua Sheng KHS-4286LP, Album, Unofficial Release, Stereo · Unofficial | LP, Album, Unofficial Release, Stereo · Unofficial |
| 1973 | US | Columbia Limited Edition LE 10063LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | US | Columbia Limited Edition LE 10063LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1974 | Australia | Music For Pleasure MFP 5954LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | US | Impex Records IMP6008 / Impex Records IMP 6008LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Stereo · Limited, Numbered | LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Stereo · Limited, Numbered |
| 2011 | US | Impex Records IMP6008LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing | LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing · Test pressing |
| 2012 | Europe | Doxy DOK316LP, Album, Reissue, CD, Album | LP, Album, Reissue, CD, Album |
| 2012 | US | Columbia CL 1253 / Columbia 88765408061LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Mono | LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Mono |
| 2012 | US | Columbia 88765408061LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Mono · Test pressing, Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Mono · Test pressing, Mono |
| 2012 | US | Columbia CL 1253 / Columbia 88765408061LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Mono · Mono, Limited, Numbered | LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Mono · Mono, Limited, Numbered |
| 2013 | Europe | Music On Vinyl MOVLP693LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 2014 | Europe | Dol DOS598LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2014 | Europe | WaxTime 771897LP, Reissue | LP, Reissue |
| 2016 | Europe | Rumble Records RUM2011113LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Australia | CBS KLP 756LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| ? | Australia | CBS KLPS 756LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| ? | Australia | CBS KLP 756LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| ? | Canada | Columbia CS 8122LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| ? | Canada | Columbia CS 8122LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| ? | Canada | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| ? | Canada | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| ? | Europe | Music On Vinyl MOVLP693LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono · Test pressing, Mono | LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono · Test pressing, Mono |
| ? | Japan | Columbia ZL-106410", Mono · Mono | 10", Mono · Mono |
| ? | Japan | Columbia PRL 5089LP, Album | LP, Album |
| ? | Philippines | Columbia CL 1253LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| ? | South Africa | CBS ALD 6280 / CBS ALD.6280LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| ? | UK | CBS SBPG 62042 / CBS 62042LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| ? | UK | CBS S BPG 62042LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| ? | UK | CBS SBPG 62042 / CBS CS 8122LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
90 vinyl pressings of The Fabulous Johnny Cash are listed here, from 11 countries, released between 1958 and 2016.
The earliest pressings are from 1958, in US, UK, Canada, Netherlands and more. One of them is Columbia CL 1253, released November 1958.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use CL 1253, CS 8122, BBL 7298, P 11506) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, XLP444041AB IIIIIIV and XLP44405-1BC IIIIIIIIV. 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.
