They Call Me Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters, album cover

First-year pressing

They Call Me Muddy Waters 1971 US Pressing (CH-1553)

They Call Me Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters

Mono

Artist: Muddy Waters
Title: They Call Me Muddy Waters
Labels: Chess CH-1553
Chess CH1553
Chess LPS-1553
Country: US
Released: February 1971
Format: LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono

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.

18868Side A label
18869Side B label
1553 side one stm5013s-1-cSide A runout, variant 1
1553 side two stm5014s-1-cSide B runout, variant 1
Δ15621 1553Side one stm5013S-2-CH 18868-S MREtched, side 1, variant 2
Δ15621-X 1553Side Two stm5014S-2-CH 18869-S MREtched, side 2, variant 2

All 18 pressings of They Call Me Muddy Waters