Vintage Sweet Give Us A Wink 12" Black Vinyl LP 1976 Capitol Japan Glam Rock
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Vintage Sweet Give Us A Wink 12" Black Vinyl LP 1976 Capitol Japan Glam Rock
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Black vinyl LP grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with strong gloss and scattered light sleeve scuffs and faint hairline surface marks on each side plus minor paper rubs and dust specks that would benefit from a gentle cleaning before play; no deep scratches, warps, cracks, or edge chips are seen and the orange Capitol center labels are clean and fully legible with light spindle wear and no writing or added stickers. Single-pocket cardboard die-cut gimmick jacket grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with bright brick-wall artwork, mild surface rubbing, a subtle ring-wear impression, and slight corner and edge wear including tiny paper nicks at the tips and along the top opening, but no seam splits or large tears, and the winking-eye mechanism, die-cut windows, and sliding tab remain intact and functional.
Artist: Sweet.
Title: Give Us A Wink 12-inch black vinyl LP album presenting Sweet's mid-1970s glam rock and hard rock recordings including Action, Fox On The Run, and other guitar-driven tracks.
Format: 33 1/3 RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo glam rock, hard rock, and pop rock studio album.
Label and catalog number: Capitol Records issue on orange Capitol center labels; catalog number ECS-80460 printed on the labels, spine, and jacket with STEREO, 33 1/3 r.p.m., and Side 1 and Side 2 designations plus additional matrix information including ST-221496.
Release year and origin: 1976 Japanese pressing manufactured in Japan for Toshiba EMI / Capitol Records with 1974, 1975, and 1976 Capitol Records, Inc. copyright information printed on the labels and back cover.
Genre/Style: 1970s glam rock and hard rock with pop hooks, combining heavy guitar riffs, pounding rhythms, and melodic vocals in Sweet's signature arena-ready style.
Material: Vinyl; Color: black; Format: record; Features: 12-inch 33 RPM stereo LP format, Japan import edition with a custom die-cut gimmick sleeve whose front artwork incorporates a movable winking eye operated by a sliding inner card and a top-tab area printed with winking instructions.
Case type and front cover: single-pocket cardboard sleeve styled as a red brick wall with an airbrushed face emerging from the center, one eye open and the other appearing through a cut-out winking window, the Sweet band name painted across the upper left and the Give Us A Wink album title rendered graffiti-style across the lower right, with a semicircular notch at the top edge exposing the sliding tab.
Back cover details: rear panel continues the brick-wall motif covered with playful graffiti phrases such as Wink Rule O.K., Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, Wink Big Bigger, and Winking Will Make You Go Blind, together with a wanted-style band portrait and poster block that align with rectangular die-cut windows, plus complete track listing for both sides and Made In Japan by Toshiba EMI company credits along the bottom.
Spine and edges: standard LP-width spine printed with Sweet Give Us A Wink titling, Capitol branding, and catalog number ECS-80460, with seams sized to house one twelve-inch record together with its custom picture insert and lyric sheet.
Inner sleeves and inserts: package includes the original heavy card picture insert that operates the winking-eye gimmick and displays additional brick-wall artwork with multiple eye illustrations and the slogan If It Feels Good, Wink It!, a separate paper lyric and liner-notes sheet combining English-language song lyrics with Japanese text and credits, and a plain inner or plastic-lined sleeve to protect the vinyl.
Track listing Side One: Action; Yesterday's Rain; White Mice; Healer.
Track listing Side Two: Fox On The Run; The Lies In Your Eyes; Cockroach; Lady Starlight; Keep It In; 4th Of July.
Personnel and production: performances by Sweet members Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, and Mick Tucker on vocals, guitars, bass, and drums as credited, produced and arranged by Sweet for Chinichap Limited, recorded in England and West Germany and issued by Capitol Records.
Additional notes: Give Us A Wink captures Sweet's shift from bubblegum pop toward a tougher guitar-based glam rock sound, highlighted by the hit singles Action and Fox On The Run, and this Japanese Capitol edition with its interactive winking-eye sleeve and bilingual lyric insert offers a distinctive collectible version for 1970s rock and glam vinyl collections.
Barcode and identifiers: mid-1970s Capitol Japan issue from the pre-UPC era; identifiers include catalog number ECS-80460 on jacket, spine, labels, and inserts, STEREO and 33 1/3 r.p.m. designations, Side 1 and Side 2 markers, matrix code ST-221496, and Made In Japan by Toshiba EMI branding.
Keywords: Sweet Give Us A Wink ECS-80460 12-inch black vinyl LP record 33 RPM 1976 Capitol Japan glam rock hard rock album.
April 15, 2026 - 17
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