A MESSAGE TO COLLECTORS

I have set up a private discussion forum for serious Bruce Springsteen record and CD collectors. The goal of this forum is not to replace the Greasy Lake collectors subforum or the Facebook collectors group, but an alternative to these back-and-forth emails I have been exchanging with some collectors concerning in-depth discussion about certain Springsteen collectibles.

If you are interested, register on the forum and separately send me an email telling me who you are and what is your username so that I can approve your registration. I cannot explain everything here in this short message, so please let me know by email if you have any questions or comments.

─ Eddy Wehbe

Info


The River
The River Issue #2, two prices on obi
Label (Cat #): CBS / Sony Records (42DP 5244~5)
Format: 2xCD
Country: Japan
Release date (Original year): 1989 (1980)
Disc 1:
01- THE TIES THAT BIND
02- SHERRY DARLING
03- JACKSON CAGE
04- TWO HEARTS
05- INDEPENDENCE DAY
06- HUNGRY HEART
07- OUT IN THE STREET
08- CRUSH ON YOU
09- YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH)
10- I WANNA MARRY YOU
11- THE RIVER

Disc 2:
01- POINT BLANK
02- CADILLAC RANCH
03- I'M A ROCKER
04- FADE AWAY
05- STOLEN CAR
06- RAMROD
07- THE PRICE YOU PAY
08- DRIVE ALL NIGHT
09- WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY


The first two issues of the Japanese "The River" CD album are:
- Issue #1: catalogue number 50DP 355~6, released on 22 May 1988
- Issue #2: catalogue number 42DP 5244~5, released on 21 Sep 1988

Japanese releases have the price printed on the artwork and/or obi. In January 1989 VAT was introduced in Japan, and since then it became legally required that two prices be printed on the obi: the net price excluding VAT and the total price including a fixed 5% VAT. Therefore there are two versions of issue #2 of "The River": the one from before January 1989 has only one price on the obi and the one from after January 1989 has two prices on the obi.

Scans/Photos

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