Vinyl pressings
by The Youngbloods · 1967
Earth Music was first pressed on vinyl in 1967. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
8 pressings came out in 1967, the album's first year, in 3 countries. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.
UPRS-3787- - 3S HSide A runout stamped
UPRS-3788- 3S HSide B runout stamped
UPRS-3787Side A label
UPRS-3788Side B label
UPRS-3787- - 2.S RSide A runout
UPRS-3788- 2 S A1 RSide B runout
UPRS-3787Side A label
UPRS-3788Side B label
UPRS-3787- 1S A1 ISide A runout
UPRS-3788- 1S A1 ISide B runout
UPRS-3787Side A label
UPRS-3788Side B label
Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.
By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Canada | RCA Victor LSP-3865First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | Canada | RCA Victor LPM-3865 / RCA Victor LPM 3865First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1967 | Germany | RCA Victor LSP-3865 / RCA Victor LSP 3865First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | Germany | RCA Victor LSP-3865First yearLP, Album, Promo, Stereo · Promo | LP, Album, Promo, Stereo · Promo |
| 1967 | US | RCA Victor LSP-3865 / RCA Victor LSP 3865First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | US | RCA Victor LPM-3865 / RCA Victor LPM 3865First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1967 | US | RCA Victor LSP-3865 / RCA Victor LSP 3865First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | US | RCA Victor LSP-3865 / RCA Victor LSP 3865First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | UK | Edsel Records ED 274LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | US | Sundazed Music LP 5322LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Mono | LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Mono |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Australia | RCA Victor LSP-3865LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| ? | US | RCA Victor LSP-3865 / RCA Victor LSP 3865LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue | LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| ? | US | RCA Victor LSP-3865 / RCA Victor LSP 3865LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| ? | US | RCA Victor LSP 3865 / RCA Victor LSP-3865RELP, Album, Stereo, Reissue | LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
14 vinyl pressings of Earth Music are listed here, from 5 countries, released between 1967 and 2009.
The earliest pressings are from 1967, in US, Canada, Germany. One of them is RCA Victor LSP-3865, released October 1967.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use LSP-3865, LPM-3865) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, UPRS-3787- - 3S H and UPRS-3788- 3S H. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.
It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.
