Radiohead — OK Computer: How to Identify a First Pressing

• Cover: The cover was co-created by frontman Thom Yorke (credited as White Chocolate Farm) and artist Stanley Donwood, a collage of multiple images and text elements.
• Cover: The cover's colour scheme is mainly blue and white, reportedly aiming for a 'bleached bone' colour effect.
• Other: On its initial release, the album came out simultaneously in several formats: CD, double LP, cassette, and MiniDisc.

• A remastered edition with additional tracks, 'OKNOTOK 1997 2017', was released in 2017, and in 2019 a collection of material called 'MiniDiscs [Hacked]' was released following a leak — both clearly later than and distinct from the 1997 original release.

discogs.com returned a 403 this time and could not be accessed; the English Wikipedia entry was used instead. That entry does not give a specific catalog number or manufacturing-level vinyl matrix/runout number details.

• Read the runout (the smooth area between the last groove and the label) with the disc tilted under a lamp: matrix numbers, stamper codes and mastering initials are the strongest evidence.
• Label details change between pressing plants and years: rim text, logo style, address, "Manufactured by" wording.
• Cover printing shows the plant and era: printer credit, catalog number position, barcode presence.
• Match all three. A first-press disc in a later cover, or the reverse, is common.

Shoot the label straight on in even light, then the runout with the disc tilted so the etched text catches the light (a phone torch from the side works). Add the front and back cover, the spine, and any inner sleeve or insert. The app reads the label and cover; the runout photo is what confirms the pressing.