UK
1982- Label and catalog number
- Thin Sliced Records TSR2
- Format
- 7", Limited Edition, Numbered · Orange 1st Edition

Vinyl pressings
by King Kurt · 1982
Zulu Beat was first pressed on vinyl in 1982. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
27 pressings came out in 1982, 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.
TSR 2T A1 10% LIMPORT MADNESS MPOSide A
TSR2T B1 17... YOU WELSH BASTARD MPOSide B
TSR+2+A ORLAKE PRIME PORKY'S BEST. OOH WALLA WALLA WALLA.Side A
TSR+2+B PORKY. ORLAKE DO THE LEIDERHAUSEN BOOGiE, JEF...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.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM, Single · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM, Single · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", Limited Edition, Numbered · Limited, Numbered, Colored vinyl | 7", Limited Edition, Numbered · Limited, Numbered, Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR 2tFirst year12" · Colored vinyl | 12" · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7" | 7" |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM | 7", 45 RPM |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7" · Colored vinyl | 7" · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", Numbered · Numbered, Colored vinyl | 7", Numbered · Numbered, Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2tFirst year7", 45 RPM, Numbered · Numbered, Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM, Numbered · Numbered, Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR27", 45 RPM, Repress · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 1982 | UK | Thin Sliced Records TSR2First year7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl | 7", 45 RPM · Colored vinyl |
32 vinyl pressings of Zulu Beat are listed here, from 1 country, released between 1982 and 1986.
The earliest pressings are from 1982, in UK. One of them is Thin Sliced Records TSR2.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use TSR2, TSR 2t, TSR2t, TSR 2) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above. 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.