vinyl pressings

jmacd wrote:

does anyone know a link where you can find which pressing it is by the bar code? looking to find out what pressing i have of a few albums? thanks in advance.

Not sure i know exactly what you are talking about, but there should be hand scribed writing on the center of the vinyl, states details about that specific record i believe. Kind of like reading tire sizes i would assume, every number or letter has some kind of meaning

I collect records... i found this to be the best way to find original pressings.

Usually the bar code or ISBN numbers aren't that helpful for determining pressings.

Look at the spine of the record jacket. There should be a 5 to eight digit code like
12345
or
12345678

Original pressings will not vary.

Second pressings will have a hyphen like

12345-A
or
12345-1

You can also find this information on the label of the record and most importantly you will find this info on the record's matrix...along with phrases or wording left by whoever mastered the record usually as instructed by the band.

yes, that will tell you WHERE they were pressed by catalog number, but WHICH pressing, as stated by the learned vinyl collector man above, is usually a detail on the matrix. for example, in 1991 the first pressing of ten was limited to a certain number of copies. once they were sold, a second pressing run of the album was done. the scratched-in matrix number is the best way to discern between the two. markings on the outsides of the packages are more common to older vinyl...