Collecting log: More on DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN Japanese LP (1st press)

A two-page advertisement from a major Japanese music
magazine issued around the time of the album release.
This portrait picture has been used for promotional posters.

Back in 1978, the promotion of Springsteen's then new album DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (CBS/SONY 25AP 1000) was handled here in Japan by Mr. Ryo Okada of CBS/SONY Records. As already mentioned in the past blog, upon the release of THE PROMISE box (SONY SIPC 2971-6) in 2010 to commemorate the 32th anniversary of the album, he was interviewed about the struggle of promoting this dark-toned album following enthusiastic BORN TO RUN, which is included in the booklet exclusive to the Japanese edition of the box set. In the interview, one thing he emphasizes is how he really wished Badlands (CBS/SONY 06SP 256) could be cut, instead of Prove It All Night (CBS/SONY 06SP 232), as the lead-off single to get more airplay on the radio for achieving the commercial success and spotlight on this album. This interview also contains some information that might attract interest from record collectors like me, a part of which has already been introduced in the aforementioned blog article. In the following, though trivial, I attempt to summarize the rest of such information particularly related to this LP.