First-year pressing
The Way It Was, The Way It Is 1969 US Pressing (ST-215)
- Artist
- Lou Rawls
- Title
- The Way It Was, The Way It Is
- Label
- Capitol Records ST-215
- Country
- US
- Released
- May 1969
- Format
- LP, Album, Stereo
- Format notes
- Los Angeles 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.
- ST 1-215A side label
- ST 2-215B side label
- ST-1-215-H3 ✲Variant 1 side A runout
- ST-2-215-H3 2 ✲Variant 1 side B runout
- ST-1-215-H3 2 ✲Variant 2 side A runout
- ST-2-215-H3 1 ✲Variant 2 side B runout
Other US pressings of The Way It Was, The Way It Is
- 1969Capitol Records ST8-0215LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo
- 1969Capitol Records ST-215LP, Album, Stereo
- 1979Pickwick SPC-3679LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
- 1984Allegiance AV-5016LP, Album, Stereo