Holland LP variants: Born To Run

[eddy_wehbe]

(List updated on 02 Mar 2024)

As far as I know, there are at least 5 versions of the Dutch vinyl pressing of Born To Run.

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Version 1:
- Catalog number CBS 69170
- Sunburst labels
- Wrong credits on back sleeve
My copy | Discogs

Version 2:
- Catalog number CBS 80959
- Sunburst labels
- Wrong credits on back sleeve
My copy | Discogs | Discogs

Version 3:
- Catalog number CBS 80959
- Sunburst labels
- Corrected credits on back sleeve
(same labels as version 2)
My copy | Discogs | Discogs

Version 4:
- Catalog number CBSH 80959 [on spine] and CBS 80959 [on labels]
- Sunburst labels
- Half Speed Mastered sleeve (back and spine only)
- Corrected credits on back sleeve
(same labels as version 2)
My copy | Discogs

Version 5:
- Catalog number CBS 80959
- Red labels
- Corrected credits on back sleeve
(same sleeve as version 3)
My copy | Discogs

Notes:
- I think I listed the versions in the correct chronological order.
- Please have a look at your copies and tell me if you have one that's any different from the ones I listed.
- There's a copy of version 3 on Discogs with a poster included. We need to see more examples.
- My copy of version 4 includes a poster, but the one on Discogs does not. We need to see more examples.


Variants:

Special inner sleeve:

Version 1 (Discogs | my copy) and some copies of version 2 (Discogs | my copy) include a special inner sleeve promoting other CBS albums. The below scans are for the inner sleeve's front side and back side respectively.

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Version 2, with price code sticker:

There's a photo on Discogs of version 2 with a price code "CB 271" sticker on the back sleeve.

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Version 2, with Swiss price code sticker:

I have a copy of version 2 that exported to Switzerland. It has a Swiss yellow VSSL/AFSD price code sticker (VSSL is an acronym for "Verband Schweizer Schallplatten Lieferanten", which translates to "Association of Swiss record suppliers") on the back sleeve. I don't know what "AFSD" stand for; it's probably the French equivalent of "VSSL".

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Version 5, with poster:

Many copies of version 5 included a folded 19x19 inch poster announced by a special circular sticker on the front jacket (My copy | Discogs).

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Version 5, with promo sticker:

There's a photo on Discogs of version 5 with a "For Promotion Only" sticker on the back sleeve.

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[eddy_wehbe]

There's an entry on Discogs similar to version 3 (corrected credits, poster and corresponding sticker) but with sunburst labels. I am not sure if this is real or the disc was swapped at a certain point. I need to see more such copies.

On eBay, I saw only one such copy from a French seller. However, the sleeve does not have a sticker announcing the poster. And the strangest thing is that it has the same sleeve as the Half Speed Mastered issue (version 5) but without the blue Half Speed Mastered logos on the front side! Here's a photo. I just bought it.

[eddy_wehbe]

I received the above-mentioned copy from the French seller. For the time being I will consider it a mispressing of version 2.
https://www.springsteenlyrics.com/colle ... ?item=7938

[eddy_wehbe]

Many updates to the original post.

[eddy_wehbe]

Updates to the original post (related to inner sleeve and variants).

[eddy_wehbe]

Several updates to original post. I removed the "Half-Speed Mastered" reissue since it's pressed in West Germany, not Holland.