First-year pressing

Killing Me Softly 1973 US Pressing (SD 7271)

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.

ST-A-732915-MOSide A Label
ST-A-732916-MOSide B Label
ST - A -732915 - AA AT △18148(1) PREtched, side A runout variant 1
STA- 732916 D D-RE ATGP △18148-X (9) PREtched, side B runout variant 1
MR (in a circle)Stamped, A & B runouts variant 1
ST-A-732915-HH-EX [MR stamped in circle] AT △18195 (5) PREtched/stamped, side A runout variant 2
STA-732916 D D-RE ATGP MR △18148-X (16) PREtched, side B runout variant 2
ST-A-732915-HH-EX [MR stamped in circle] AT △18195 (7) PREtched/stamped, side A runout variant 3
STA-732916 J J-RE [MR stamped in circle] △18148-X (3) PREtched/stamped, side B runout variant 3
ST - A -732915 - A AT △18148(3) PREtched/stamped, side A runout variant 4
STA- 732916 D D-RE ATGP △18148-X (5) PREtched/stamped, side B runout variant 4