Sep 13, 2015

BORN TO RUN US pressing LP variants: unusual red labels (JC 33795)

Hand-etched matrix numbers read AL 33795-1CJ SS / BL 33795-1BJ SS
I don't exactly remember when I obtained this second catalog number issue with the US Columbia prefix "JC" (JC 33795). There is no particularity with regard to the fold-out sleeve that appears standard for the reissue of this album with the bar code and a single-line producer credit without spelling errors. However, the record label is unusual. It's a red label without a yellow Columbia rim, which resembles like red European reissue labels. On each side on the label are black lettering around the center hole and white lettering on the rim that starts at 7 o'clock saying "Columbia" Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Marca Registrada. Not a misprint or production error because the basic design (especially that of the rim) differs from the normal US Columbia labels. Probably, a minor label variation for the Columbia Records-reissue series (maybe after 1980?) that is nothing to rave about but to record it here,for reference purposes.

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Left and Center, Different labels for the US Columbia JC 33795 pressings; Right, Dutch red reissue label for comparison.












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  1. Unknown3/29/16, 6:08 AM

    Hi.
    I have an issue like this with unusual red label of Columbia.
    For your interest, I bought in the mid to late 90s in Barcelone (Spain)
    You can see pictures of my album here https://www.discogs.com/es/Bruce-Springsteen-Born-To-Run/release/8307571


    Best regards and thanks for your great contributions.

    Alfons

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  2. manattop3/29/16, 9:08 AM

    Hi Alfons, thanks for the post and the Discogs page information. Do you know if any other Springsteen LP issues exist with this particular red labels?

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  3. Unknown3/29/16, 9:55 AM

    Hi!!
    I don't know any issue with this label, but this page is very interesting

    http://www.lostintheflood.priv.at/ and http://www.montibeton.com/lostintheflood/vinyl.htm

    and more links to Discogs
    https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/219986-Bruce-Springsteen
    https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/760706-Bruce-Springsteen-The-E-Street-Band

    Best Regards

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  4. manattop12/18/16, 5:41 PM

    Check out a new post regarding this unusual red Columbia label at: https://manattop.blogspot.jp/2016/12/supplementary-to-born-to-run-us.html

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  5. wbhist12/17/23, 9:54 PM

    The label at left - shorn of the "walking eye" logo - dates to 1992 or a few years thereafter, in a period Columbia - by then owned by Sony - was trying to transition away from that iconic design. The 0.96875" pressing ring indicates a pressing origin from MCA's Gloversville, NY plant, to which Sony shifted pressing for their product after their own, last vinyl pressing plant, in Carrollton, GA, closed up shop in November 1991. The "down triangle in a circle" was inserted to the label copy in the mid-1980's and probably originated from Carrollton.

    Of the Columbia plants during Springsteen's run, Santa Maria was the first to fall, closing on Dec. 4, 1981 (three months after the September opening of the Carrollton plant). The next, in late 1982, was Terre Haute, which Sony then took over to retool as a CD manufacturing plant. Pitman last pressed vinyl (and styrene) in late 1986/early 1987, and was converted entirely to CD manufacture by 1988. When Carrollton closed, the label's 2.703125" (or, in metric, 68.5mm) pressing ring went with it.

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