Korean Rock Albums

Kim Min Ki's 1st album is one of the most influential Korean folk albums of all time. Through the album's long history of becoming a youth anthem to being banned by the government, the record has gone through several changes and releases.
This page attempted to document every pressing of this album.

Release	Record Label	Catalogue No.	Format	Additional Info
1971	Taedo	EU-716	LP	1st pressing. White and blue cover, no date on the label.
1971/01/23	Taedo	EU-716	LP	2nd pressing. White and purple cover, most likely from 1972, not 1971.
1972/02/09	Taedo	EU-716	LP	3rd pressing. White and purple cover, later date on the label.
1972/07/04	Taedo	EU-716	LP	4th pressing. Light blue and purple cover, later date on the label.
1972?	Taedo	EU-716	LP	5th pressing. Brown cover, different tracklisting and includes two new tracks.
1972?	Universal	EU-716	LP	6th pressing. Brown cover, same tracklisting and the record above, but on Universal records.
1970s?	Taedo	EU-716	LP	Bootleg pressing. White and purple cover, no label logo on the sleeve.
1987/09/05	Hyundai	EU-716	LP	7th pressing. Purple cover, made without permission, missing tracks.
1987/09/05	Hyundai	EU-716	LP	Variation on the 7th pressings. Light purple cover.
1987/09/05	Hyundai	EU-716	Cassette	1st cassette pressing.
1990/01/05	Hyundai	HDEU-716	LP	8th pressing. White and blue cover, now made with permission.
1990/02/25	Hyundai	HDEU-716	Cassette	2nd cassette pressing. Green and yellow label.
1990/02/25	Hyundai	HDEU-716	Cassette	Variation on the 2nd cassette pressings. Pink label.
2007/09/17	MRC	MRCD-0703	CD	1st CD pressing. Never released.
2025/11/04	Kakao Entertainment	L100006064	LP	9th pressing. White and purple cover, from a box set with a hard cover book.

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