Counterfeit Guide
Bob Marley & The Wailers — Natty Dread
Island ILPS 9281
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The UK first pressing on Island, catalogue ILPS 9281, carries the pink-rim 'palm tree' Island label typical of mid-1970s releases, with the illustrated cover portrait of Marley. Genuine copies show the correct label variant and matrix suffixes consistent with the period's UK pressing plants.
Matrix / Runout
Runout in the style 'ILPS 9281 A-1U' / 'ILPS 9281 B-1U' with stamped plant codes; the '-1U' style suffix is typical of genuine UK copies.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
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Counterfeits use a later Island label design instead of the period-correct pink-rim palm-tree label, an immediate giveaway.
- 2
Fake sleeves reproduce the cover illustration with muddy colour and soft edges, lacking the crisp print of the original.
- 3
Bootleg runouts are clumsily etched or stamped and omit the period-correct plant codes found on genuine 1974 copies.
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