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October by U2, album cover

First-year pressing

October 1981 UK Pressing (ILPS 9680)

October by U2

Artist
U2
Title
October
Label
  • Island Records ILPS 9680
Country
UK
Released
October 12, 1981
Format
LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo
Format notes
1st 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.

  • ILPS 9680-ALabel, A side
  • ILPS 9680-BLabel, B side
  • ILPS 9680 A-1U TOWN HOUSESide A runout, variant 1
  • ILPS 9680 B-1U TOWN HOUSESide B runout, variant 1
  • ILPS 9680 A-1U 2 1 TOWN HOUSESide A runout, variant 2
  • ILPS 9680 B-1U 2 1 TOWN HOUSESide B runout, variant 2
  • ILPS 9680 A-1U 02 2 TOWN HOUSESide A runout, variant 3
  • ILPS 9680 B-1U 71 2 TOWN HOUSESide B runout, variant 3
  • ILPS 9680 A-1U 33 2 TOWN HOUSESide A runout, variant 4
  • ILPS 9680 B-1U 33 1 TOWN HOUSESide B runout, variant 4
  • ILPS 9680 A-1U 25 2 TOWN HOUSESide A runout, variant 5
  • ILPS 9680 B-1U 19 1 TOWN HOUSESide B runout, variant 5
  • ILPS 9680 A-1U 3 1 TOWN HOUSESide A runout, variant 6
  • ILPS 9680 B-1U 15 1 TOWN HOUSESide B runout, variant 6
All 117 pressings of October