BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Darkness At The Edge Of Town 1978 US Promo PICTURE DISC sealed
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RARE US 1978 Columbia PAL35318 PROMO Picture Disc LP + Insert. Near Mint Condition.
Picture Disc is still sealed in original plastic, never opened or played. Has been stored flat since purchase in the 90s from Backstreets Records. Backstreets Records is THE seller of Springsteen memorabilia and has a history of selling only the best collectables.. Beware of counterfeits as described below from a review of Darkness collectables (http://www.thelightindarkness.com/darkness/theres-so-much-that-you-want-17-cool-darkness-collectibles/)
"If there ever was something like a “classic” Bruce Springsteen vinyl collectible (apart from the legendary “script cover” promo version of the Born To Run LP), this is probably it. The full album in the form of a high-quality, excellent-sounding picture disc, released to radio stations and music journalists only, and never made available commercially.
According to Dick Wingate, who served as CBS’ product manager for the “Darkness” album release, no more than 1,000 of these were pressed, although you can easily find still-sealed ones on eBay every other week. Unfortunately for collectors, counterfeits have been in circulation for quite some time, which can only be distinguished from genuine copies by actually dropping the needle on them (the counterfeited version has much poorer sound), while a more recent (2008) fake Darkness picture disc LP is a lot easier to detect by both its notably different graphic design and the absence of the original white die-cut display sleeve and lyric sheet."
Please contact me with any questions. See my other listings for additional Springsteen collectables.
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