Vinyl pressings
by Various Artists · 1976
NBC's Saturday Night Live was first pressed on vinyl in 1976. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
9 pressings came out in 1976, the album's first year, in 2 countries. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.
AL-4107-SA-1-1-1 PRCSide A Etched
AL-4107-SB-1-1-1 PRCSide B Etched
STERLINGSide A & B Stamped
AL 4107 SASide A Label
I T AL-4107-SA-1 CTH STERLINGSide A Runout Etching
I T AL-4107-SB-1 CTH STERLINGSide B Runout Etching
AL 4107 SASide A Label Matrix
AL 4107 SBSide B Label Matrix
AL-4107-SA PP STERLINGSide A runout
AL-4107-SB PP STERLINGSide B runout
AL 4107 SASide A label
AL 4107 SBSide B label
AL-4107-SA VV STERLINGSide A Runout Etching
AL-4107-SB VV STERLINGSide B Runout Etching
AL 4107 SASide A Label Matrix
AL 4107 SBSide B Label Matrix
AL-4107-SA W STERLINGSide A
AL-4107-SB W STERLINGSide B
AB 4107SA-1ASide A Runout Stamped
AB 4107SB-1ASide B Runout Stamped
AL 4107 SASide A Label Matrix
AL 4107 SBSide B Label Matrix
Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.
By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Canada | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album, Promo · Promo | LP, Album, Promo · Promo |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107 / Arista 4107LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition | LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing | LP, Album, Test Pressing · Test pressing |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1976 | US | Arista AL 4107First yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1977 | US | Arista AL 4107LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1979 | US | Arista AL 4107LP, Album, Repress | LP, Album, Repress |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Canada | Arista AL 4107LP, Album · Colored vinyl | LP, Album · Colored vinyl |
| ? | US | Arista ALB6-8435LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| ? | US | Arista AL 4107 / Arista AB 4107LP, Album | LP, Album |
| ? | US | Arista AL 4107 / Arista AB 4107LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition | LP, Album, Club Edition · Club edition |
| ? | US | Arista AL 4107LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue · Club edition | LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue · Club edition |
| ? | US | Arista AL 4107LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| ? | US | Arista ALB6-8435LP, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| ? | US | Arista AL 4107LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue · Club edition | LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue · Club edition |
21 vinyl pressings of NBC's Saturday Night Live are listed here, from 2 countries, released between 1976 and 1979.
The earliest pressings are from 1976, in US, Canada. One of them is Arista AL 4107, released December 1976.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use AL 4107) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, AL-4107-SA-1-1-1 PRC and AL-4107-SB-1-1-1 PRC. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.
It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.
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