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Born In The U.S.A.
Issue #2, two prices on obi
Label (Cat #): CBS / Sony Records (25DP 5247)
Format: CD
Country: Japan
Release date (Original year): 1989 (1984)
I have 2 copies
01- BORN IN THE U.S.A.
02- COVER ME
03- DARLINGTON COUNTY
04- WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
05- DOWNBOUND TRAIN
06- I'M ON FIRE
07- NO SURRENDER
08- BOBBY JEAN
09- I'M GOIN' DOWN
10- GLORY DAYS
11- DANCING IN THE DARK
12- MY HOMETOWN
There are 9 issues of the Japan CD pressing of Born In The U.S.A.
- Issue #1: catalog no. 35DP 164, released on 21 Jul 1984
- Issue #2: catalog no. 25DP 5247, first released on 21 Sep 1988
- Issue #3: catalog no. SRCS 7861, released on 22 Nov 1995
- Issue #4: catalog no. SRCS 7908, released on 21 Dec 1995 (SBM reissue)
- Issue #5: catalog no. SRCS 9468, released on 22 Sep 1999 (cardboard sleeve edition)
- Issue #6: catalog no. MHCP 728, first released on 20 Jul 2005
- Issue #7: catalog no. SICP 4518, released on 22 Jul 2015
- Issue #8: catalog no. SICP 31651, released on 25 Oct 2023
- Issue #9: catalog no. SICP 31728~31, released on 24 Sep 2025 (40th anniversary edition)
Up to August 1991, the year printed on the artwork and/or obi of Japanese CDs was represented with a letter. The date was in the form "Y-M-D", where "Y" is a letter from the name "NIHON RECORD KYOUKAI" (Japan Records Association). "N", "I", "H", "O", "R", "E", "C", and "D" indicate 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 respectively.
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 "Born In The U.S.A.": 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.
This copy's inner ring text: (copy #1)
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Inner rim text: DP-813 4 ⌖ ⌖⌖ ⌖⌖⌖⌖⌖⌖⌖⌖
Plastic mold stamp: SMJ
The stamped "SMJ" code indicates that the discs were pressed at Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
This copy's inner ring text: (copy #2)
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Inner rim text: 25DP-5247 31A18 +++++
Plastic mold stamp: CSR
"CSR" indicates that the disc was pressed at CSR Compact Disc, an optical disc manufacturing plant in Japan and the first CD pressing plant to open in the world. "CSR" is the acronym for CBS/Sony Records. Scans/Photos
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