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American Beauty by The Grateful Dead, album cover

First-year pressing

American Beauty 1970 US Pressing (WS 1893)

American Beauty by The Grateful Dead

Artist
The Grateful Dead
Title
American Beauty
Labels
  • Warner Bros. Records WS 1893
  • Warner Bros. Records 1893
Country
US
Released
November 1970
Format
LP, Album
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.

  • S39804Label, side A
  • S39805Label, side B
  • T WS-1893 39804-1-2 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side A, variant 1
  • T2 WS-1893-39805-1-1 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side B, variant 1
  • T2 WS-1893 39804-1-1 7X [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side A, variant 2
  • WS-1893 39805-3 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side B, variant 2
  • T WS-1893 1 39804-1-1 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side A, variant 3
  • T 1 WS-1893-39805-1-1 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side B, variant 3
  • T WS-1893 1 39804-1-2 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side A, variant 4
  • T 1 WS-1893-39805-1-2 [stamped Artisan logo]Runout, etched, side B, variant 4
All 120 pressings of American Beauty