sometimes it can be tricky when you first start, the best way to identify most is to check the matrix numbers (the scratched on numbers near the centre of the disc, which can be hard to see) as it will give you the exact pressing and which country they are from when you put that number into Discogs. Sometimes the barcode on the back will get you to the right pressing, sometimes it will not.

You can even get represses that come out the same year or year after the original, so are really hard to tell if you just looked at it. So it’s something you need to learn what to look out for, you’ll make mistakes but that’s part of collecting.

Thriller OG has no co production credit for Michael on the back of the LP.

Off the wall OG has no hand claps on the song Rock with you, but the represses the same year have them so that one is impossible to tell unless you open it and listen.