Jan 9, 2016

BORN TO RUN US pressing LP variants: masked Columbia logo

A well modified label fully masking the yellow "Columbia" rim,
which makes it looking like a completely different label
If you, like me, are a collector outside the US, you may have seen US-export vinyl copies whose Columbia Records logo and text, wherever on the sleeve or the record labels, are crossed out, erased by black or color ink, or covered by blank stickers or stickers with printed CBS Records logo. This is simply because in certain import countries, the trademark is not owned by the domestic company or agent having partnership with the US Columbia Records, but by other unrelated companies, mostly for historical reasons as a result of mergers, acquisitions or corporate restructurings in music industry there.