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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
April 1, 1968
Format
LP, Album, Stereo
Format notes
Terre Haute 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.

  • XSM 118887Side A label
  • XSM 118888Side B label
  • XSM 118887-1B 2 A1A2 T oSide A runout, variant 1
  • XSM 118888-1E A4 T 1 oSide B runout, variant 1
  • XSM 118887 1E A7 T 1 oSide A runout, variant 2
  • XSM 118888-1F B3 T 1 oSide B runout, variant 2
  • XSM 118887 -1F 8 T TC oSide A runout, variant 3
  • XSM 118888 -1E | A | T 1 oSide B runout, variant 3
  • XSM 118887 1E C11 T 1 oSide A runout, variant 4
  • XSM 118888-1B D ^ 12 T 1 oSide B runout, variant 4
  • XSM 118887-1E C1 T 1 oSide A runout, variant 5
  • XSM 118888 -1G P FD oSide B runout, variant 5
  • XSM 118887 -1F T 12Side A runout, variant 6
  • XSM 118888 1B D4 o T 1Side B runout, variant 6
  • XSM 118887 -1B 2 A 1 A 5 T oSide A runout, variant 7
  • XSM 118888 -1B B1 B1 T 1 oSide B runout, variant 7

Other US pressings of Bookends

All 139 pressings of Bookends