Mothership Connection by Parliament, album cover

First-year pressing

Mothership Connection 1975 US Pressing (NBLP 7022)

Mothership Connection by Parliament

Artist: Parliament
Title: Mothership Connection
Label: Casablanca NBLP 7022
Country: US
Released: December 15, 1975
Format: LP, Album
Format notes: Santa Maria 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.

7022-1Matrix side 1, on label
7022-2Matrix side 2, on label
1 5x5 NBLP-7022-AX-4-CSM AZ(Variant 1) Side 1 runout, etched
1 5 NBLP-7022-2 B-1A AZ ❀[flower symbol](Variant 1) Side 2 runout, etched
\ S NBLP-7022-AS-1C AZ E23(Variant 2) Side 1 runout, etched
| S NBLP-7022-2 B-1A AZ ❀[flower symbol] B9(Variant 2) Side 2 runout, etched
| S NBLP-7022-1 A-1A AZ ❀[flower symbol](Variant 3) Side 1 runout, etched
| S NBLP-7022-2 B-1A AZ ❀[flower symbol](Variant 3) Side 2 runout, etched
\ S NBLP-7022-BA[A etched over B]S-1C AZ J 10(Variant 4) Side 1 runout, etched
I S NBLP-7022-2 B-1A AZ ❀[flower symbol] B 15(Variant 4) Side 2 runout, etched
\ S NBLP-7022-AS-1C AZ J8(Variant 5) Side 1 runout, etched
\ S NBLP-7022-BX-5-CSM AZ(Variant 5) Side 2 runout, etched

All 63 pressings of Mothership Connection