First-year pressing

In A Silent Way 1969 US Pressing (CS 9875)

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 150308Side A label
XSM 150309Side B label
o XSM150308-2B /TSide A runout, variant 1
o XSM150309-1J /T 2Side B runout, variant 1
o XSM150308-2B /TSide A runout, variant 2
o XSM150309-1ASide B runout, variant 2
XSM150308-2B 1 Tx D2Side 1 runout variant 3 ("T", "x" hand etched, "D" stamped, "2" hand etched
O XSM1530309-1J 1 Tx C2Side 2 runout variant 3, (T", "x", "2", hand etched, else machine stamped