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Abbey Road by The Beatles, album cover

First-year pressing

Abbey Road 1969 Japan Pressing (AP-8815)

Abbey Road by The Beatles

Artist
The Beatles
Title
Abbey Road
Label
  • Apple Records AP-8815
Country
Japan
Released
October 1, 1969
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.

  • YEX 749Side A label
  • YEX 750Side B label
  • YEX-749 1S3 96 〄 3A,,,Side A stamped variant 1
  • YEX-750 1S2 60 〄Side B stamped variant 1
  • YEX-749 1S3 8 〄 G IBSide A stamped variant 2
  • YEX-750 1S2 〄Side B stamped variant 2
  • YEX-749 1S2 19 〄 OJSide A stamped variant 3 [19 and OJ hardly legible]
  • YEX-750 1S 35 〄Side B stamped variant 3
  • YEX-749 1S3 65 〄 2 MSide A stamped variant 4
  • YEX-750 1S2 9 〄Side B stamped variant 4
  • YEX-749 1S3 36 〄 1ASide A stamped variant 5
  • YEX-750 1S2 15 〄Side B stamped variant 5
  • YEX-749 1S3 59 〄 2G 2MSide A stamped variant 6
  • YEX-750 1S2 5 〄 〄Side B stamped variant 6
All 606 pressings of Abbey Road