Motley Crue Too Fast For Love 12" Black Vinyl LP 1982 Elektra Japan Obi Vintage

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Motley Crue Too Fast For Love 12" Black Vinyl LP 1982 Elektra Japan Obi Vintage

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Black vinyl LP grades visually around Excellent (EX) with strong gloss and scattered light sleeve scuffs and faint hairline surface marks on both sides plus a few small handling streaks and minor dust specks from storage that would benefit from a gentle cleaning before play; no deep scratches, warps, cracks, or edge chips are seen and the red Elektra center labels are clean and fully legible with light spindle wear and no writing or added stickers. Single-pocket cardboard jacket with attached yellow-and-red Japanese obi strip grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with a clean front image, slight surface rubbing and a few tiny age-toning spots on the white back cover, and light corner and edge wear at the tips but no seam splits or large creases, while the included band photo card, Japanese liner-notes insert, English lyric sheet, and plastic inner sleeve are all present and grade visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with mild age toning and small handling wrinkles but no

Artist: Mötley Crüe.

Title: Too Fast For Love 12-inch black vinyl LP album presenting Mötley Crüe's 1982 glam metal and hard rock debut, pairing high-energy riffs, street-level lyrics, and the band's leather-and-studs image in a striking package.

Format: 33 1/3 RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo heavy metal, glam metal, and hard rock studio album.

Label and catalog number: Elektra Records release on solid red Elektra center labels; catalog number P-11256 printed on the labels, spine, back cover, and yellow obi strip with Side One and Side Two designations, 33 1/3 RPM STEREO markings, and RTB (Audio Visual) Productions Mix credit.

Release year and origin: 1982 Japanese pressing issued by Elektra/Asylum Records and WEA International Inc., manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation, Japan, under license from Elektra/Asylum Records with 1982 Elektra/Asylum copyright information on the labels and jacket.

Genre/Style: heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock, and early 1980s Los Angeles metal featuring aggressive guitar work, driving rhythms, and shout-along choruses.

Material: Vinyl; Color: black; Format: record; Features: 12-inch 33 RPM stereo LP format, Japan import with yellow-and-red obi strip, Japanese insert with liner notes and lyrics, separate English lyric sheet, and full-band photo card.

Case type and front cover: single-pocket cardboard sleeve whose front cover shows a black-and-white close-up of leather pants, studded belt, chains, and fingerless glove against a white background, topped by the bold red MÖTLEY CRÜE logo and album title Too Fast For Love at the lower edge, framed on the left by the tall yellow obi band printed with Japanese text, catalog number P-11256, and original price information.

Back cover details: rear panel uses a clean white background with black-and-white images of the four band members arranged in an X formation around a pair of sunglasses, song titles and credits printed diagonally in red type beside each figure, plus Elektra logo, copyright paragraph, and production credits centered along the lower edge, with additional photos and Japanese text running down the continuation of the obi at the right border.

Spine and edges: standard LP-width spine printed with MÖTLEY CRÜE TOO FAST FOR LOVE, Elektra identification, and catalog number P-11256, with outer seams sized to house one 12-inch record and multiple printed inserts.

Inner sleeves/inlay: supplied with a glossy clear plastic inner sleeve for the vinyl, a large black-and-white photo card of the band posing on a fog-filled stage beneath a pentagram banner and candlelit skull imagery, a Japanese-language insert featuring extensive liner notes, track commentary, and translated lyrics arranged in columns, and a separate English lyric sheet printing the full album lyrics in multiple columns.

Track listing Side One: Live Wire; Come On And Dance; Public Enemy #1; Merry-Go-Round; Take Me To The Top.

Track listing Side Two: Piece Of Your Action; Starry Eyes; Too Fast For Love; On With The Show.

Personnel and production: performances by Vince Neil on lead vocals, Mick Mars on lead guitar, Nikki Sixx on bass and backing vocals, and Tommy Lee on drums and percussion, with production and mixing credited to RTB (Audio Visual) Productions Mix and Elektra/Asylum engineering staff as printed on the jacket and labels.

Additional notes: this Too Fast For Love LP captures Mötley Crüe's raw early 1980s sound that helped define the Sunset Strip glam metal scene, highlighted by fan favorites Live Wire, Piece Of Your Action, and the title track, and this Japanese Elektra edition with obi strip, Japanese liner notes, and complete lyric inserts offers a collectible import version for metal and classic rock vinyl enthusiasts.

Barcode and identifiers: early-1980s Elektra Japan issue that predates printed UPC/EAN barcodes; identifiers include catalog number P-11256 on jacket, spine, labels, and obi, Side One and Side Two indicators, 33 1/3 RPM and STEREO designations, Elektra logo branding, and Warner-Pioneer Corporation Japan manufacturing credits.

Keywords: Motley Crue Too Fast For Love P-11256 12-inch black vinyl LP 33 RPM 1982 Elektra Japan import obi heavy metal glam metal hard rock album record.

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