Vintage Rainbow Straight Between The Eyes 12" Vinyl LP 1982 Japan Obi Rock

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Vintage Rainbow Straight Between The Eyes 12" Vinyl LP 1982 Japan Obi Rock

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[Used]: Black vinyl LP grades visually around Near Mint (NM) with strong gloss and only a few extremely light sleeve scuffs and faint hairline surface marks visible under bright light plus minor specks of dust from storage; no feelable scratches, warps, or edge chips seen and the custom Polydor eye illustration center labels are clean and fully legible without writing or stickers. Single-pocket cardboard jacket grades visually around Near Mint (NM) with smooth front and back artwork, crisp spine text, and only very slight corner and edge wear but no ring wear, seam splits, or tears. Bright blue Japanese obi strip, printed photo/lyric inner sleeve, fold-out Japanese liner notes insert, and clear plastic inner sleeve all grade visually around Near Mint (NM) with flat panels, sharp printing, and only minimal handling.

Artist: Rainbow.

Title: Straight Between The Eyes 12-inch black vinyl LP featuring their 1982 hard rock and classic rock studio album highlighted by the hit single Stone Cold.

Format: 33 RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo.

Label and catalog number: Polydor Records release with custom eye illustration center labels; catalog number 28MM 0152 printed on the spine, back cover, obi strip, and both labels with side designations Side 1 and Side 2.

Release year and origin: 1982 Japanese pressing manufactured by Polydor K.K. Japan as an import edition for the Japanese market during Rainbow's early 1980s hard rock era.

Genre/Style: hard rock, classic rock, heavy metal, and 1980s rock.

Material: Vinyl; Color: black; Format: record; Features: Japanese import edition, digital recording designation, original single-pocket cardboard sleeve, blue and red Japanese-language obi strip, printed photo and lyric inner sleeve, additional fold-out Japanese liner notes insert, clear plastic record bag, stereo audio, and English- and Japanese-language song titles and credits.

Case type and front cover: single-pocket cardboard jacket with a full-color painting of a human face seen in extreme close-up as a chrome mechanical projectile bursts through the forehead between the eyes, shattering the surrounding area into flying fragments, with RAINBOW band logo in large black letters across the top border and STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES album title text along the lower edge.

Back cover details: rear panel features a vertical column of black-and-white close-up photographs of band members' eyes emerging from darkness, with Side One and Side Two track listings and songwriting credits printed in white text at the center right, production and management credits below, Polydor branding and manufacturing information along the bottom edge, and a narrow white and blue Japanese text panel running down the right side.

Inner sleeve/inlay: housed in a heavy card inner sleeve printed with a black-and-white studio portrait of the five band members on one side and full English-language lyrics with additional eye graphics and side designations on the reverse, plus a separate fold-out Japanese text booklet providing liner notes, commentary, and translation for the album.

Track listing Side 1: Death Alley Driver; Stone Cold; Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser); Tite Squeeze; Tearin' Out My Heart.

Track listing Side 2: Power; Miss Mistreated; Rock Fever; Eyes Of Fire.

Personnel and production: performances by Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Roger Glover (bass and production), Joe Lynn Turner (lead vocals), David Rosenthal (keyboards), and Bobby Rondinelli (drums); album produced by Roger Glover with digital recording credited on the packaging.

Additional notes: key early 1980s Rainbow album blending melodic hard rock and heavy metal elements, issued as a 12-inch stereo LP Japanese pressing with obi strip and full lyric and liner note inserts for collectors of classic rock and metal vinyl.

Barcode and identifiers: Polydor catalog number 28MM 0152 on spine, back cover, obi strip, and both center labels with Side 1 and Side 2 designations; copyright text lists d 1982 PolyGram Records, Inc. and manufacturing by Polydor K.K. Japan.

Keywords: Rainbow Straight Between The Eyes 28MM 0152 12-inch black vinyl LP Polydor 1982 Japanese import hard rock heavy metal classic rock album with obi.

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