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Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel, album cover

First-year pressing

Bookends 1968 US Pressing (KCS 9529)

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Artist
Simon & Garfunkel
Title
Bookends
Label
  • Columbia KCS 9529
Country
US
Released
1968
Format
LP, Album, Stereo

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.

  • XSM 118887Label Side A
  • XSM 118888Label Side B
  • o XSM 118887 -1D D4Runout Side A Etched Var.1
  • o XSM 118888 -1D B3Runout Side B Etched Var.1
  • o XSM 118887 -1D E4Runout Side A Etched Var.2
  • o XSM 118888 -1D B9Runout Side B Etched Var.2
  • XSM 118887 -1J o C5Runout Side A Etched Var.3
  • o XSM 118888 -1J D1Runout Side B Etched Var.3
  • o XSM 118887 -1D E8Runout Side A Etched Var.4
  • o XSM 118888 -1D A3Runout Side B Etched Var.4
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