Bruce Springsteen LP The River RARE Columbia Special Products in shrink w' promo
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Description
Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title: The River Format: 12" Vinyl LP Label: Columbia Special Products Records #BL 36855.
Condition vinyl: M-. Played maybe once--paper scuffs only.
Jacket: Non gatefold jacket is M- with original shrinkwrap and promo sticker intact. Some super light right opening wear past the shrink. With NM inner sleeves and insert. This is a very rare version of this record speculated to be of the first run before mass release. You won't find a cleaner example of this rarity.
Here's some info from the interweb: Original 1980 U.S. stereo 2-LP set. Odd, undocumented SPRINGSTEEN vinyl artifact here. For reasons totally unknown, this is 'The River' w/ CBS Special Products labels. Besides the unique labels, the dead wax matrix #s seem to be specific to this pressing also. I compared it to other Columbia stock label pressings, here is the matrix info on this press: Disc 1, side 1 - AL 36855-1AB; side 2 - BL 36855-1AA // Disc 2, side 3 - AL 36856-1AB; side 4 - BL 36856-1AA. In addition, the regular Columbia version has MASTERED BY CAPITOL stamped/engraved in the dead wax. That is NOT found on this pressing - instead there is what appears to be the initials Emw in cursive scrawled into the wax. And, if that ain't weird enough, get this: this album cover is THINNER than the common version - 1/8" thick, compared to 1/4" thick on the Columbia label version. Everything else is identical - the thick, slick inner sleeves, the lyric sheet, & of course the music itself. Why this pressing? One of mankind's most urgent unsolved mysteries... okay, a slight bit of exaggeration there. Nevertheless, this is an oddball rarity of the BRUCE vinyl world; the first copy surfaced a couple of years back & now around 15-20 more have been reported. Which is still a very small quantity, considering the millions of copies that were pressed.
Winner add $4 media or $15 insured Priority shipping in the US and $24 for international air post ($14 Canada). Please keep in mind that Ebay takes 10% of the shipping fees, and I use a new record shipper box with 2 stiffener pads to safely ship this LP ($1.50 my cost).
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