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Fair Warning by Van Halen, album cover

First-year pressing

Fair Warning 1981 Japan Pressing (P-10978W)

Fair Warning by Van Halen

Artist
Van Halen
Title
Fair Warning
Label
  • Warner Bros. Records P-10978W
Country
Japan
Released
April 14, 1981
Format
LP, Album

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.

  • P-10978W1Side A label
  • P-10978W2Side B label
  • P-10978W1 [circled character] 1S407·X [scratched out] Y 1-A-4 * 1Side A runout, variant 1
  • P-10978W2 1-A-1 0 1Side B runout, variant 1
  • P-10978W1 〄 1S4 1-A-3 1Side A runout, variant 2
  • P-10978W2 1-A-5 1Side B runout, variant 2
All 82 pressings of Fair Warning