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Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe, album cover

First-year pressing

Cruel To Be Kind 1979 US Pressing (3-11018)

Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe

Artist
Nick Lowe
Title
Cruel To Be Kind
Label
  • Columbia 3-11018
Country
US
Released
June 1979
Format
7", 45 RPM, Styrene
Format notes
Terre Haute

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.

  • ZSS 166174Label A
  • ZSS 166255Label B
  • T ZSS 166174-1D T1Runout A, etched - variant 1
  • TI ZSS 166255-1CRunout B, etched - variant 1
  • TI ZSS 166174-1CRunout A, etched - variant 2
  • TI ZSS 166255-1CRunout B, etched - variant 2
  • I T ZSS 166174-1D
  • TI ZSS 166255-1C
All 26 pressings of Cruel To Be Kind