Be What You Are by The Staple Singers, album cover

First-year pressing

Be What You Are 1973 US Pressing (STS-3015)

Be What You Are by The Staple Singers

Artist: The Staple Singers
Title: Be What You Are
Label: Stax STS-3015
Country: US
Released: 1973
Format: LP, Album, Stereo
Format notes: Monarch 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.

SS-0499Label A
SS-0500Label B
STXS-0548-5 SS-0499 -REPL. -L.NIX- [MR logo] △18021 (1)Runout A, variant 1
STXS-0549-1 SS-0500 [MR logo] -L.NIX- △18021-X (3)Runout B, variant 1
STXS-0548-5 SS-0499 -REPL. -L.NIX- [MR logo] △18021 (4)Runout A, variant 2
STXS-0549-1 SS-0500 [MR logo] -L.NIX- △18021-X (4)Runout B, variant 2
STXS-0548-5 SS-0499 -REPL. -L.NIX- [MR logo] △18021 (5)Runout A, variant 3
STXS-0549-2 SS-0500 [MR logo] -L.NIX- △18021-X (1)Runout B, variant 3
STXS-0548-5 SS-0499 -REPL. -L.NIX- [MR logo] △18021 (1)Runout A, variant 4
STXS-0549-2 SS-0500 [MR logo] -L.NIX- △18021-X (1)Runout B, variant 4
STXS-0548-5 SS-0499 -REPL. -L.NIX- [MR logo] △18021 (1)Runout A, variant 5
STXS-0549-2 SS-0500 [MR logo] -L.NIX- △18021-X (2)Runout B, variant 5
STXS-0548-5 SS-0499 -REPL. -L.NIX- [MR logo] △18021 (5)Runout A, variant 6
STXS-0549-1 SS-0500 [MR logo] -L.NIX- △18021-X (3)Runout B, variant 6

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