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Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Issue #2, one price on obi
Label (Cat #): CBS / Sony Records (25DP 5243)
Format: CD
Country: Japan
Release date (Original year): 1988 (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
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 "Darkness On The Edge Of Town": 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:
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Inner rim text: 25DP-5243 21A6 +++++
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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