Fair Warning by Van Halen, album cover

First-year pressing

Fair Warning 1981 US Pressing (HS 3540)

Fair Warning by Van Halen

Artist: Van Halen
Title: Fair Warning
Label: Warner Bros. Records HS 3540
Country: US
Released: April 29, 1981
Format: LP, Album
Format notes: Los Angeles Pressing
Barcode: 0 7599-23540-1, 075992354011

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.

HS-1-3540-RE1-LW5 1 ✲Side A runout, variant 1
HS-2-3540 LW-1 RE-1 3 ✲ M+SSide B runout, variant 1
HS-1-3540 LW-3 RE-1 1 ✲ E+VSide A runout, variant 2
HS-2-3540 RE-1 LW-2 3 ✲ M+SSide B runout, variant 2
HS-1-3540-RE1-LW5· 1 ✲Side A runout, variant 3
HS-2-3540 RE-1 LW-2· 1 ✲ M+SSide B runout, variant 3

All 82 pressings of Fair Warning