First-year pressing

Balin 1981 US Pressing (SO-17054)

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.

(SO 1-17054)Side A Label
(SO 2-17054)Side B Label
064 SO-1-17054-Z1 ✲ STERLING GCSide A Runout (variant 1), Etched; ✲ STERLING Stamped
064 SO-2-17054-Z2 ✲ STERLINGSide B Runout (variant 1), Etched; ✲ STERLING Stamped
SO-1-17054-Z2• ✲ Z STERLING GC m #64Side A Runout (variant 2), Etched; STERLING ✲ Stamped
SO-1-17054-Z2• MR ✲ STERLING 064Side B Runout (variant 2), Etched; STERLING ✲ Stamped
SO-1-17054-Z✲5 #1 I STERLING gc 0Side A Runout (variant 3)
SO-2-17054-Z3 STERLING 0Side B Runout (variant 3)