Vinyl pressings
by Pleasure · 1976
Accept No Substitutes was first pressed on vinyl in 1976. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
11 pressings came out in 1976, the album's first year, in 5 countries. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.
1S F-9506-A KENDUNSide A runout, variant 1
S F-9506-B KENDUNSide B runout, variant 1
1S F-9506-A-CD-1A KENDUN -A- 7Side A runout, variant 2
1 F-9506-B KENDUN-5 ASide B runout, variant 2
F-9506-A-CP-1A KENDUNRunout variant #1 side A
F-9506-B KENDUNRunout variant #1 side B
[Inverted SXTS 1] F-9506-A - 1B KENDUN-A C 11Runout variant #2 side A
[Inverted SXTS 2] F-9506-B KENDUN-5 A [Inverted cp]Runout variant #2 side B
P 15 x5 F-9506-A-1A KENDUN-A 3BRunout side A
P 15 x5 F-9506-B-1B KENDUN-A ɅCRunout side B
(F-9506-A)Label side A
(F-9506-B)Label side B
1 S F-9506-A- CP * 1A KENDUN -A- 32
1 F-9506-B KENDUN-5 A 1
F-9506-A KENDUNSide 1 Run-out
F-9506-B KENDUNSide 2 Run-out
1S F-9506-A . 1B KENDUN-A HSide 1 runout variant
2 /S F-9506-B KENDUN-B T B4Side 2 runout variant
F-9506-A KENDUNSide 1 Run-out
F-9506-B KENDUNSide 2 Run-out
F-9506-ASide 1 Label
F-9506-BSide 2 Label
Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.
By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | France | Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | France | Fantasy 5977First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | Italy | Fantasy AMI 9506First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | Japan | Fantasy VIP-6346First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | Japan | Fantasy VIP-6346First yearLP, Album, Promo · Promo | LP, Album, Promo · Promo |
| 1976 | Netherlands | Fantasy F 9506 / Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1976 | Netherlands | Fantasy 9506LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing | LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing |
| 1976 | US | Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album, Promo, Stereo · Promo | LP, Album, Promo, Stereo · Promo |
| 1976 | US | Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Fantasy F-9506First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1977 | Venezuela | Fantasy FLP-9506LP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1977 | Venezuela | Fantasy FLP-9506LP, Album | LP, Album |
14 vinyl pressings of Accept No Substitutes are listed here, from 6 countries, released between 1976 and 1977.
The earliest pressings are from 1976, in US, France, Italy, Japan and more. One of them is Fantasy F-9506.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use F-9506, 5977, AMI 9506, VIP-6346) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, 1S F-9506-A KENDUN and S F-9506-B KENDUN. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.
It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.
