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Beat Surrender by The Jam, album cover

First-year pressing

Beat Surrender 1982 UK Pressing (POSP 540)

Beat Surrender by The Jam

Artist
The Jam
Title
Beat Surrender
Labels
  • Polydor POSP 540
  • Polydor 2059 575
Country
UK
Released
November 1982
Format
7", 45 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.

  • POSP 540 A//5▽420 R 1 2 4 ARUNSide A runout, variant 1
  • POSP 540 B//2▽420 R 1 1 1 1Side B runout, variant 1
  • POSP 540 A//6▽ 420 R 11 ARUN 6Side A runout, variant 2
  • POSP 540 B//2▽420 R 11 13Side B runout, variant 2
  • POSP 540 A//5▽420 R 1 2 2 ARUNSide A runout, variant 3
  • POSP 540 B//3▽420 R 11 3Side B runout, variant 3
  • POSP 540 A//4∗▽420 R 11 4 ARUNSide A runout, variant 4
  • POSP 540 B//3∗∗∗∗▽420 R 11 1 3Side B runout, variant 4
  • POSP 540 A//4∗▽420 R ARUN 11 1Side A runout, variant 5
  • POSP 540 B//2▽420 R 11 15Side B runout, variant 5
  • POSP 540 A//3▽420 R 5 1 1 ARUNSide A runout, variant 6
  • POSP 540 B//4▽420 R 1 1 6Side B runout, variant 6
All 30 pressings of Beat Surrender