Description
Offered for sale is an original Japanese white label promotional copy of Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen, including the original obi and three inserts.
This album was issued multiple times with the same 25AP1000 catalog number; this is the original issue.
About this copy: This copy of Darkness on the Edge of Town is a 1978 pressing on the CBS/Sony label.
The cover is M-. The obi is M-.
The Japanese lyric insert is M-. The English lyric insert is M-.
The custom inner sleeve is M-.
Some copies were issued with a press release; this copy does not include one.
The disc is M-, with a few spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a scarce Bruce Springsteen LP.
Background: Released in June, 1978, Darkness on the Edge of Town is the fourth studio album by Bruce Springsteen.
The album reached #5 on the U.S. charts and #14 in the UK.
After the success of Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen waited three years for the follow-up LP due to legal problems with his management team. The long-awaited follow-up, Darkness on the Edge of Town, has since gone triple platinum and saw “Prove It All Night” and “Badlands” released as singles.
Allmusic.com gave Darkness on the Edge of Town a 4 1/2 star review:
Coming three years, and one extended court battle, after the commercial breakthrough of Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town was highly anticipated. Some attributed the album’s embattled tone to Springsteen’s legal troubles, but it carried on from Born to Run, in which Springsteen had first begun to view his colorful cast of characters as “losers.” On Darkness, he began to see them as the working class. …Darkness was no easy listen, and it served notice that Springsteen was already willing to risk his popularity for his principles. Indeed, Darkness was not as big a seller as Born to Run. And it presaged even starker efforts, such as Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad.
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| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | CBS/Sony |
| Catalog Number: |
25AP1000 |
| Year of Release: | 1978 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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