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Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang, album cover

First-year pressing

Rapper's Delight 1979 US Pressing (SH-542)

Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang

Artist
Sugarhill Gang
Title
Rapper's Delight
Label
  • Sugar Hill Records SH-542
Country
US
Released
1979
Format
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single

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.

  • SH-542-ALabel side A (set 1)
  • SH-542-BLabel side B (set 1)
  • VID-152RELabel side A (set 2)
  • VID-153RELabel side B (set 2)
  • VID-152-RExx Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side A, etched, variant 1
  • VID-153-RE Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side B, etched, variant 1
  • VID-152-RExx Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side A, etched, variant 2
  • VID-153-RE-2 M-3 Trutone Pa 9-79Runout side B, etched, variant 2
  • VID-152 Trutone Pa-8-79Runout side A, etched, variant 3
  • VID-153-RE-2 M-2 Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side B, etched, variant 3
  • VID-152-RE Trutone Pa-8-79Runout side A, etched, variant 4
  • VID-153-RE Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side B, etched, variant 4
  • VID-152-RE Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side A, etched, variant 5
  • VID-153-RE Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side B, etched, variant 5
  • VID-152-RExx Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side A, etched, variant 6
  • VID-153-RExx Trutone Pa-9-79Runout side B, etched, variant 6

Other US pressings of Rapper's Delight

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