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As far as I know, there are at least 7 versions of the UK vinyl pressing of Born In The U.S.A.

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Version 1:
- Catalog number CBS 86304
- No barcode on sleeve
- Sunburst labels
- Track list aligned to the left on the labels
- "CBS & CBS INC." at the bottom of the labels
A copy on Discogs (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)

Version 2:
- Catalog number CBS 86304
- No barcode on sleeve
- Sunburst labels
- Track list centered on the labels
- Nothing at the bottom of the labels
(same sleeve as version 1)
My copy (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on Discogs (with printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with printed inner sleeve)
cgfesp has a copy (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)

Version 3:
- Catalog number CBS 86304
- No barcode on sleeve
- Sunburst labels
- Track list centered on the labels
- "CBS & CBS INC." at the bottom of the labels
(same sleeve as version 1)
My copy (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)

Version 4:
- Catalog number CBS 86304
- No barcode on sleeve
- Red labels
- Track list centered on the labels
- "CBS AND CBS INC." at the bottom of the labels
(same sleeve as version 1)
My copy (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)

Version 5:
- Catalog number CBS 86304
- No barcode on sleeve
- Red labels
- Track list centered on the labels
- Nothing at the bottom of the labels
(same sleeve as version 1)
A copy on Discogs (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)

Version 6:
- Catalog number CBS 86304
- Barcode on sleeve
- Red labels
- Track list centered on the labels
- Nothing at the bottom of the labels
(same labels as version 5)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)

Version 7:
- Catalog number CBS 11 86304
- Picture disc
- Housed in a heavy polyvinyl sleeve with a 3" hype sticker
My copies


Notes:
- I think I listed the versions in the correct chronological order, except for the picture disc, which was released in 1985.
- All versions, except for the picture disc, seem to have come with the same lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve.
- Please have a look at your copies and tell me if you have one that's any different from the ones I listed.
- It is possible that copies exist with the label of version 4 on one side and the label of version 5 on the other side, as is the case with Tunnel Of Love and The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle.


Promo issues:

Version 2, promo stamped:
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)

Stickers and inserts:

7-album discography insert:
- Seems to have been included in most (or possibly all) copies of version 3
- Seems to have been included in all copies of version 4
- Seems to have been included in all copies of version 5

Hype sticker:
- From the three copies I've seen, it seems that this hype sticker is associated with version 3.
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert, 7-album discography insert, and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with lyrics insert and printed inner sleeve)
A copy on eBay (with printed inner sleeve)

I have a copy of verison 1, 2 and 3. All of them have the same lyrics insert (including the copy nº 2) and same printer inner sleeve. Also the copy nº3 has the album discography insert.

It seems there are two versions of the UK vinyl 12" release on Discogs which have a back sleeve NOT mentioned here:

- Back sleeve
At top right:
CBS
86304
CB 311
58
cassette
<cassette symbol>

At bottom (from left)
(all in white): 01-086304-20 <Text> LC 0149


**** https://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springste ... e/12881404
- Labels version 2

**** https://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springste ... se/9432818
- Labels version 3
- Hit Wave 85 sticker

vzell wrote:It seems there are two versions of the UK vinyl 12" release on Discogs which have a back sleeve NOT mentioned here:

- Back sleeve
At top right:
CBS
86304
CB 311
58
cassette
<cassette symbol>

At bottom (from left)
(all in white): 01-086304-20 <Text> LC 0149


**** https://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springste ... e/12881404
- Labels version 2

**** https://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springste ... se/9432818
- Labels version 3
- Hit Wave 85 sticker

These are Dutch sleeves, not UK sleeves. It could very well be that these sleeves were switched at some point by sellers or collectors. To be sure that this is not the case -- that label version 2 and label version 3 also came in Dutch sleeve -- we will need to find more such copies in the market.