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Manfred Mann's Earth Band -- Blinded By The Light / Starbird No. 2
Manfred Mann's Earth Band -- Blinded By The Light / Starbird No. 2 Label version 1
Label (Cat #): Warner Bros. / Bronze (WBS 8252)
Format: 7"
Country: USA
Release date (Original year): 1976 (1976)
A1- BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
B1- Starbird No. 2


Includes a cover of Bruce Springsteen's BLINDED BY THE LIGHT.

Two label variants exist for this single:
- Label version 1 has the Bronze logo above the catalog number
- Label version 2 has the Bronze logo below the catalog number


This copy's runout groove etchings:
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Side 1 (hand-etched): WBS-8252 UAA-7187 VI-S WW I ∙—◁ 1-S #2
Side 2 (hand-etched): WBS-8252 UAA-7192-S WWI ∙—◁

The "∙—◁" marking on the runout groove is a symbol of the Winchester rifle and indicates that the record was pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant in Winchester, VA. The first "W" in the "WW" code on the runout groove indicates that the label is Warner Bros. and the second "W" indicates that the pressing plant is Winchester.

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