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Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, album cover

First-year pressing

Damn The Torpedoes 1979 US Pressing (MCA-5105)

Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Artist
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Title
Damn The Torpedoes
Labels
  • Backstreet Records MCA-5105
  • MCA Records MCA-5105
Country
US
Released
October 19, 1979
Format
LP, Album, Stereo
Format notes
Pinckneyville 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.

  • MCA2015Label A
  • MCA2016Label B
  • MCA 2015-SS16 ◈-P-◈ STERLINGRunout A [Variant 1]
  • MCA 2016-DJ-SS3 ◈-P-◈ STERLINGRunout B [Variant 1]
  • MCA 2015-SS3 ◈-P-◈|||| STERLING GC.Runout A [Variant 2]
  • MCA2016-SS16 v v v v v ◈-P-◈| v v STERLING v v vRunout B [Variant 2]
  • MCA 2015-DJ-SS4 ◈-P-◈| STERLINGRunout A [Variant 3]
  • MCA 2016-DJ-SS3 ◈-P-◈| STERLINGRunout B [Variant 3]
  • MCA 2015-SS3 v v v ◈-P-◈|| v v v v v v STERLING vRunout A [Variant 4]
  • MCA 23̶016-SS3 v v v ◈-P-◈|| STERLING vRunout B [Variant 4]
  • MCA·2015-DJ-SS3 ◈-P-◈I̶I̶I̶I̶ III STERLINGRunout A [Variant 5]
  • MCA·2016-DJ-SS4 ◈-P-◈I̶I̶I̶I̶ I STERLINGRunout B [Variant 5]
  • MCA 2015–SS4 ◈-P-◈ STERLING gcRunout A [Variant 6]
  • MCA 2016–SS4 ◈-P-◈ STERLING gcRunout B [Variant 6]
  • MCA 2015–SS3 ◈-P-◈ |||| v v v STERLING gcRunout A [Variant 7]
  • MCA 2016–SS4 ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I STERLING gcRunout B [Variant 7]
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