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Born To Run"Half-Speed Mastered" reissue, export copy Label (Cat #): Columbia (APH (C) 5001) Format: LP Country: Canada Release date (Original year): 1980 (1975)
A1- THUNDER ROAD
A2- TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
A3- NIGHT
A4- BACKSTREETS
B1- BORN TO RUN
B2- SHE'S THE ONE
B3- MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER
B4- JUNGLELAND
"Half-Speed Mastered" series issue, comes in a gatefold jacket with two blue "Half Speed Mastering" logos added to the front cover design.
This is an export copy with "CBS" stickers masking all references to Columbia on the cover and on the labels. Up to 1990, EMI Records Ltd. owned the international rights to the Columbia trademark, so distributors had to mask all "Columbia" logos and references for legal reasons.
This copy's runout groove etchings:
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Side 1 (stamped): HAL 33795-2G
Side 1 (hand-etched): DM 1 APH (C) 5001-A-1
Side 2 (stamped): HBL 33795-2G
Side 2 (hand-etched): APH (C)-5001-B
The stamped "HAL 33795-2G" and "HBL 33795-2G" are crossed out. The record was pressed at CBS Records Canada Ltd. "DM" on the runout groove stands for Don Mills, the plant's location (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada).
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