Classic Vinyl Bootleg Revisited: ALL THOSE YEARS — unofficial but the first retrospective release of a supectacular 10-LP box collection (Part 1 of 3)

Two copies are in my possession, with and without a limited serial
number. The first copy I got was a reissue without a serial number
at the JEUGIA Karasuma Shijo (烏丸四条) branch, Kyoto, in 1987.
It took a few more years, but luckily, I obtained an early copy with
a limited number in the 200s from a European collector at a much
cheaper cost than the original copy I first saw in 1984.

"It is the nicest collection of Springsteen material released anywhere, commercially or bootlegged."  Steve Reed (1984) 'All Those Years' a great set. Backstreets, Number 11 (Vol. 3, #3), excerpted from p. 23.

"The thoughtful choice of songs and all round excellence of sound, packaging and production makes this the ultimate in bootlegging."  Patrick Humphries and Chris Hunt (1985) Fire on the fingertips (Bootleg singles, EPs and albums). In: Springsteen: Blinded by the Light, excerpted from pp. 133–134, Plexus Publishing Limited (London).

"Most [sic] complete Springsteen set ever made."  Author unknown (1986) Section One: Non-commercial releases. In: The Bruce Springsteen Collector's Guide, excerpted from pp. 4–5, 1986, publisher unknown.

"The original vinyl version, which had also originated in Italy, had excited considerable comment in the wake of Springsteen's own disappointing three-CD collection Live 1978-85 [sic]."  Clinton Heylin (1995) Chapter 17. It was less than twenty years ago ... In: Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Reccording Industry, excerpted from p. 311, St. Martin's Press (New York).

Collecting log: Born To Run / Backstreets Japanese 7-inch single with an unusual inner company sleeve (Part 2 of 2)

Although most copies of the Japanese Born To Run single came in a generic ocean-blue company bag, some accompanied a custom-designed inner advertising sleeve for the now-defunct Pan Am Airways, encouraging Japanese nationals to fly the airline company when traveling to the United States on the occasion of the bicentennial celebration in 1976.

In the late 1960s to early 1970s, CBS/SONY (Japan) Inc. partnered with Pan American Airways (ceased operations in 1991), commonly known as Pan Am, and advertized this airfreight company and its Boeing 747 jetliner (which had just entered service at that time) on their inner sleeves for some 7-inch singles. According to the relevant page on the Discogs database, such vinyl discs were released as "Air-Play Series 45 RPM" between 1969 and 1972, at least three years before Springsteen's first single, Born To Run, coupled with Backstreets (CBS/SONY SOPB 334), was issued here in 1975. However, one of my possessions came in a Pan Am color-inner sleeve, although it differed from those shown in the Discogs.