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The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) by The Jam, album cover

First-year pressing

The Bitterest Pill 1982 UK Pressing (POSP 505)

The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) by The Jam

Artist
The Jam
Title
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
Labels
  • Polydor POSP 505
  • Polydor 2059 546
Country
UK
Released
September 1982
Format
7", 45 RPM, Single
Format notes
French 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.

  • 603 POSP 505 A POLYGRAM ARUNRunout side A, variant 1
  • 603 POSP 505 B POLYGRAMRunout side B, variant 1
  • 603 POSP 505 A POLYGRAM A ARUN B2Runout side A, variant 2
  • A 603 POSP 505 B A A2Runout side B, variant 2
  • 603 POSP 505 A POLYGRAM A A3 ARUNRunout side A, variant 3
  • 603 POSP 505 B POLYGRAM A A7Runout side B, variant 3
  • 603POSP 505 A POLYGRAM ARUN B11Runout side A, variant 4
  • B 603 POSP 505 B DM POLYGRAM ARunout side B, variant 4
  • A 603 POSP 505 A POLYGRAM ARUN A1Runout side A, variant 5
  • A 603 POSP 505 B POLYGRAM B1Runout side B, variant 5

Other UK pressings of The Bitterest Pill

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