First-year pressing
The Purple People Eater 1958 US Pressing (K12651)
- Artist
- Sheb Wooley
- Title
- The Purple People Eater
- Label
- MGM Records K12651
- Country
- US
- Released
- May 1958
- Format
- 7", 45 RPM, Single
- Format notes
- MGM Record Manufacturing Division 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.
- 58-XY-77Label A
- 58-XY-78Label B
- K-12651 58-XY-77-16Deadwax A variant 1
- K-12651 58-XY-78-4Deadwax B variant 1
- 58 XY 77 ["Sailor's cap", a.k.a., inverted "crown" stamp] 5 CRunout A variant 2
- 58 XY 79 ["Sailor's cap", a.k.a., inverted "crown" stamp] 5 BRunout B variant 2
Other US pressings of The Purple People Eater
- 1958MGM Records K126517", 45 RPM, Single
- 1958MGM Records K126517", 45 RPM, Single, Promo
- 1958MGM Records 1265110", 78 RPM, Single
- 1958MGM Records K126517", 45 RPM, Single, Misprint
- 1968MGM Records KGC1477", 45 RPM, Single
- 1973MGM Records K 146477", 45 RPM, Promo, Reissue
- ?Polydor MVG 5237", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Stereo
- ?MGM Records KGC1477", 45 RPM, Reissue
- ?Polydor MVG 5237", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Stereo
- ?MGM Records MVG 523 / MGM Records 2006 2237", 45 RPM, Reissue
- ?Polydor 871 904-77", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue
- ?MGM Records KGC 1477", 45 RPM, Reissue