.38 Special Tour De Force 12" Black Vinyl LP 1983 AFM Japan Obi Rock Vintage

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.38 Special Tour De Force 12" Black Vinyl LP 1983 AFM Japan Obi Rock Vintage

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Black vinyl LP grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with strong gloss and a few scattered light sleeve scuffs, faint hairline surface marks, and small dust specks across both sides that would benefit from a gentle cleaning before play; no deep scratches, warps, cracks, or edge chips are seen and the custom AFM center labels are clean and fully legible with minimal spindle wear and no writing or added stickers. Single-pocket cardboard jacket with attached Japanese obi strip grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with light surface rubbing, a few tiny scratch lines, and minor corner and edge wear but no seam splits or water damage, while the glossy photo/lyric insert and plain white inner bag remain in comparable Very Good Plus (VG+) condition with mild handling creases and no tears.

Artist: .38 Special (also styled as 38 Special).

Title: Tour de Force 12-inch black vinyl LP album from .38 Special delivering melodic Southern rock and AOR-styled anthems highlighted by If I'd Been The One and Back Where You Belong.

Format: 33 1/3 RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo Southern rock and melodic rock album.

Label and catalog number: AFM Records Japanese issue with custom black center labels featuring blue and red galloping-horse graphics; catalog number AMP-28086 printed on the labels, obi strip, and back cover with Side 1 and Side 2 designations.

Release year and origin: 1983 Japan pressing manufactured for the Japanese market with 1983 copyright credits and Made in Japan information printed along the back jacket bottom edge.

Genre/Style: Southern rock, AOR, and arena rock blending twin-guitar riffs, punchy rhythms, and radio-ready vocal hooks.

Material: Vinyl; Color: black; Format: record; Features: 33 RPM stereo LP, Japanese import edition with obi strip and printed lyric insert, English-language song lyrics and credits, and band photography.

Case type and front cover: single-pocket cardboard jacket whose front artwork shows a herd of running horses in the foreground beneath a vivid red and orange sky, with a barn-like structure burning in the background and the 38 Special and Tour de Force titles framed by blue horizontal lines.

Back cover details: rear panel presents a neon-style blue galloping-horse emblem above stylized red flames centered against a solid black background, with the Tour de Force title along the bottom border, production credit to Rodney Mills, and track listings for Side One and Side Two running along the upper and lower edges.

Spine and edges: standard LP-width spine printed with the Tour de Force album title, artist name, and AMP-28086 catalog number, with seams sized to house one 12-inch record and its inner sleeves.

Obi strip and Japanese text: original black, red, and yellow Japanese-language obi strip attached along the left edge of the front cover with bold vertical Tour de Force and .38 Special titling, additional descriptive copy in Japanese, price information of ¥2,800, and record-label logos, while the reverse side of the strip on the back shows black-and-white thumbnail photos and captions promoting other releases.

Inner sleeve/inlay: includes a glossy cardstock insert printed with a full-color posed band photograph on one side and song lyrics and credits over a blue galloping-horse graphic on the other, along with a plain white inner bag used to house the record inside the jacket.

Track listing Side One: If I'd Been The One; Back Where You Belong; One Time For Old Times; See Me In Your Eyes.

Track listing Side Two: Twentieth Century Fox; Long Distance Affair; I Oughta Let Go; One Of The Lonely Ones; Undercover Lover.

Personnel and production: performances by .38 Special lineup including Don Barnes (vocals, guitars), Donnie Van Zant (vocals), Jeff Carlisi (guitars), Larry Junstrom (bass), Steve Brookins (drums), and Jack Grondin (drums), produced and engineered by Rodney Mills with co-production by Don Barnes and Jeff Carlisi.

Additional notes: Tour de Force continues .38 Special's early-1980s run of hook-filled Southern rock albums, capturing the band's polished arena-ready sound and including several tracks that became staples of rock radio and MTV rotation.

Barcode and identifiers: 1983 Japanese AFM Records LP pressing that predates printed UPC barcodes; identifiers include catalog number AMP-28086 on the jacket, spine, obi, and labels, Side 1 and Side 2 designations, Stereo and 33 1/3 RPM markings, and Made in Japan and 1983 copyright credits.

Keywords: .38 Special Tour de Force AMP-28086 12-inch black vinyl LP 33 RPM 1983 AFM Japanese import Southern rock AOR album record.

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