Hi folks. This record is really bad-ass, a collection of it´s own. According to my experience in collecting vinyl records this could be the ONE AND ONLY japanese 12-inch-maxi-single record. I know that are a lot of other stars, which had released 12-inch records in Japan, incl. Nena (German singing artist), or Springsteen.
A Japanese 12-inch promotional-record. Released through the Nippon-Phonogram-company, which holded the Vertigo-label in those days in Japan. Special white-label edition with special catalogue-number SNP-88, JASRAC-inscription (Jasrac is the Japanese variant to GEMA, BIEM, STEMRA or other copyright agencies), and a special promotional inscription in Japanese writing.
2-Track 12-Inch single feat: Lady Writer and Sultans of swing. Possibly pressed in tiny quantities for Japanese Radiostations and DJs. Just have a closer look to the cover. It is a white cardboard-cover with a red 45-rpm-stamp and with regular Lady Writer and Sultans of swing-7-inch-covers pasted on front and back. This record is incredibly rare and i have waited for years to add it to my collection. I have seen only two copies in the last years on the marketplaces, all with the unique cover. Possibly handmade for that promo-record. Soundquality is the best, but that fact is known to all vinyl-collectors, which own Japanese vinyls.
Release date is not so clear to me, possibly in the early 1980s. The vinyl is a little bit shiny, transluscent. Be patient, very patient for exploring a pristine copy, and spare some money, because it is not a low-price-valued record.
