Vinyl pressings
by Various Artists · 1983
The King Of Comedy was first pressed on vinyl in 1983. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
15 pressings came out in 1983, the album's first year, in 11 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.
1-23765-A-RE-2-WW-1 —◁Side A Runout Etched Variant 1
1-23765-B-RE-2-WW-1 —◁Side B Runout Etched Variant 1
1-23765-A-RE-2-WW-1 —◁Side A Runout Etched Variant 2
1-23765-B-RE-1-WW-1 —◁ XSide B Runout Etched Variant 2
1-23765-A-RE2-JW2 #1 0Side A runout, variant 1
1-23765-B-RE-1 JW2 #3 X 0Side B runout, variant 1
0 1-23765-A-RE-2 JW 1 #1Side A runout, variant 2
1-23765-B-RE-1 JW2 #5 X 0Side B runout, variant 2
1-23765-A-RE2 SH2 ɑ B-17703-RE2-SH2 SLM △3598 1-1Side A runout, variant 1
1-23765-B-RE2 SH2 ɑ B-17704-RE1-SH2 SLM 𝑥 △3598 1-1Side B runout, variant 1
1-23765-A-RE-2 SH2 ɑ B-17703-RE2-SH2 SLM △3598 1-1Side A runout, variant 2
1-23765-B-RE1 SH 2 ɑ B-17704-RE1-SH2 SLM 𝑥 △3598-x 1-1Side B runout, variant 2
Å . MX207939 B 23765-1 🞵-1Side A runout
6 MX207940 23765-1 -2Side B runout
MX207939Side A label
MX207940Side B label
92-37651-A2 JW (CR)Side 1 Runout
92-37651-B(2) JW (CR)Side 2 Runout
R / S Altdorf 923765-1 A-2 Strawberry (C)Runout A
R / S Altdorf 923765-1 B Strawberry (C)Runout B
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.
15 vinyl pressings of The King Of Comedy are listed here, from 11 countries.
The earliest pressings are from 1983, in US, Australia, Canada, Europe and more. One of them is Warner Bros. Records 9 23765-1.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use 9 23765-1, 23765-1, 92 37651, 92-3765-1) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, 1-23765-A-RE-2-WW-1 —◁ and 1-23765-B-RE-2-WW-1 —◁. 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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