BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN THE RIVER RARE "CBS SPECIAL PRODUCTS" 1st PRESSING PC2 36854

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:   The River 2-LP -  (Rare "CBS Special Products" version! Catalog # PC2 36854)  Original 1980 U.S. stereo 2-LP set. 

BRUCE fans/collectors, time to get excited - here's a strange SPRINGSTEEN vinyl artifact.

For reasons totally unknown & not documented anywhere that I've been able to find, this is 'The River' w/ CBS Special Products labels instead of the normal Columbia ones. Label print has "CBS Special Products" in yellow at the 9 O'clock position with one thin yellow ring around the edge.   The rest of the label is all red.  Besides the unique labels, the dead wax matrix #s seem to be specific to this pressing also. 

Here is the matrix info on this pressing: Disc 1, side 1 - AL 36855-1AB; side 2 - BL 36855-1AA // Disc 2, side 3 - AL 36856-1AB; side 4 - BL 36856-1AA. In addition, the regular Columbia version has MASTERED BY CAPITOL stamped/engraved in the dead wax. That is NOT found on this pressing - instead there is what appears to be the initials Emw in cursive scrawled into the wax. 

Also, the album cover seems THINNER than the common version - 1/8" thick, compared to 1/4" thick on the Columbia label version. Everything else is identical - the thick, slick inner sleeves, the lyric sheet, & of course the music itself. 

After asking some local Springsteen collectors, this edition is most likely a very small advanced pressing of the album. Columbia supposedly printed a short test run of these at their Pitman, New Jersey pressing plant. Thus explaining the aa /ab codes in the matrix/dead wax.

CONDITION : Cover is VG+ (very light wear around edges) no writing & no seam splits. / RECORDS are NEAR MINT / INSERTS are Near Mint

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