Money For Nothing

Other known matrix variants

Known matrix stamper variants of this pressing (different mother numbers, stamper letters, or re-cuts).

  1. Variant 2 Allied Record Company pressing
    A
    1-25794-A-SH2-DMM K-DISC DMM-BH B-33159 SH2 DMM △22725 2-1
    B
    1-25794-B-SH2-DMM K-DISC DMM-BH DMM-BH △22725 1-1
  2. Variant 3 Specialty Pressing
    A
    1-25794-A-SH1-DMM K-DISC DMM-BH AL-SP SPO-1SM1-1 △22725 1̶-̶2̶ B-33159-SH1-DMM
    B
    1-25794-B-SH2-DMM K-DISC DMM-BH △22725-X 2̶-̶1̶ SPO-1 AL-SP B-33160-SH2-DMM

Tracklist

Side A

  1. Sultans Of Swing
  2. Down To The Waterline
  3. Portobello Belle - Live
  4. Twisting By The Pool (Remix)
  5. Romeo And Juliet
  6. Where Do You Think You're Going

Side B

  1. Walk Of Life
  2. Private Investigations
  3. Money For Nothing
  4. Tunnel Of Love
  5. Brothers In Arms

Labels & dead wax

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Side A — Money For Nothing
Side A
Side B — Money For Nothing
Side B
Back sleeve — Money For Nothing
Back sleeve

How to authenticate this pressing

Specific verification cues for this exact variant.

The American edition can be recognized by the WB (Warner Bros.) logo on the right side of the label on both sides of the disc.

Historical context & other notes

This record was pressed in a few American pressing plants. "E A S T" stamped around Side B label spindle hole identifies Specialty Pressing. Allied Record Company pressing is identifiable by "A" debossing in center pressing ring near spindle holes, from stampers supplied by Specialty Records Corporation (B-##### numbers in runouts).
"SH1" and △ numbers in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.

Other releases

This album's releases in other countries, or special editions within the same market. Full per-country chronology lives in each country's hub page.

Market value

from $22 to $169
≈ €20 – €148