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Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Issue #6, for the European market
Label (Cat #): Sony BMG Music Entertainment (88697287442)
Format: CD
Country: Japan
Release date (Original year): 2008 (1978)
01- BADLANDS
02- ADAM RAISED A CAIN
03- SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
04- CANDY'S ROOM
05- RACING IN THE STREET
06- THE PROMISED LAND
07- FACTORY
08- STREETS OF FIRE
09- PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
10- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
There are 8 issues of the Japan CD pressing of Darkness On The Edge Of Town.
- Issue #1: catalog no. 32DP 351, released on 01 Apr 1985
- Issue #2: catalog no. 25DP 5243, first released on 21 Sep 1988
- Issue #3: catalog no. SRCS 7857, released on 22 Nov 1995
- Issue #4: catalog no. SRCS 9468, released on 21 Aug 1999 (picture disc edition)
- Issue #5: catalog no. SRCS 9468, released on 21 Aug 1999 (cardboard sleeve edition)
- Issue #6: catalog no. MHCP 724, first released on 22 Jun 2005
- Issue #7: catalog no. SICP 4514, released on 22 Jul 2015
- Issue #8: catalog no. SICP 31647, released on 25 Oct 2023
In 2005, Sony Japan reissued Bruce Springsteen's catalog (on CD) in mini-LP cardboard sleeves. The series consisted of 17 titles: all of Springsteen's studio and live albums up to and including "The Rising", minus the "Tracks" box set. The titles that were previously issued on vinyl in Japan (up to "Tunnel Of Love") included an obi strip based on the one that came with the first vinyl pressing of the respective album in Japan and the discs were uniformly red with black text and with orange Sony Music logos, mimicking the labels of 1980's Japanese vinyl issues. The titles that were not issued on vinyl in Japan featured newly designed obi strips and the discs mimicked the labels of the U.S. (and international) vinyl issues.
The full series was reissued in 2008 for export to the European market. The artwork packaging is basically the same, but carrying different catalog numbers (all beginning with 88697287) and lacking the silver outer stickers used for original Japanese issues.
The "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" vinyl replica edition comes in a cardboard sleeve based on the original U.S. vinyl release, including a picture inner sleeve and a separate lyrics insert. Scans/Photos
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