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Fair Warning by Van Halen, album cover

First-year pressing

Fair Warning 1981 Germany Pressing (WB 56 899)

Fair Warning by Van Halen

Artist
Van Halen
Title
Fair Warning
Label
  • Warner Bros. Records WB 56 899
Country
Germany
Released
April 29, 1981
Format
LP, Album, Stereo

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 3540-1A-side, center label
  • HS 3540-2B-side, center label
  • R/S Alsdorf 56 899 A2 STRAWBERRY (G)A-side, stamped, variant 1
  • R/S Alsdorf 56 899 B2 STRAWBERRY (G)B-side, stamped, variant 1
  • R/S Alsdorf 56 899 A2 XXXXX STRAWBERRY (G)A-side, stamped, variant 2
  • R/S Alsdorf 56 899 B x STRAWBERRY (G)B-side, stamped, variant 2
  • STRAWBERRY (C) R / S Alsdorf 56899 A3A-side, stamped, variant 3
  • R / S Alsdorf 56899 B2 STRAWBERRY (C)B-side, stamped, variant 3
  • R / S Alsdorf 56899 AxSTRAWBERRY (G)A-side, stamped, "x" etched, variant 4
  • STRAWBERRY (C) or (G) R / S Alsdorf 56899 BxxxB-side, stamped, "xxx´" etched, variant 4
  • 31 GB STRAWBERRY (C) R/S Alsdorf 56899 A3xxxA-side, etched/stamped, variant 5
  • 44 STRAWBERRY (C) R/S Alsdorf 56899 BxxxxB-side, etched/stamped, variant 5
  • R/S Alsdorf 56 899 A3 STRAWBERRY (G)A-side, stamped, variant 6
  • R/S Alsdorf 56 899 B x STRAWBERRY (G)B-side, stamped, "x" etched, variant 6
  • R / S Alsdorf 56899 Ax STRAWBERRY (G)A-side, stamped, "x" etched, variant 7
  • R / S Alsdorf 56899 B2xxx STRAWBERRY (C) or (G)B-side, stamped, "xxx´" etched, variant 7
All 82 pressings of Fair Warning