The Ghost of Tom Joad (withdrawn 1999 cardboard packaging reissue, promo)

In 1999, 11 Bruce Springsteen studio albums, 2 live albums, and 1 EP were reissued in mini‐LP cardboard sleeves as part of a “Nice Price” series. The series was issued in two waves, one on 21 Aug 1999 and one on 22 Sep 1999. The first wave includes “Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.”, “The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle”, “Born To Run”, “Darkness On The Edge Of Town”, “The River”, “Nebraska”, and “Chimes Of Freedom”. The second wave was on sale for a few hours in very few stores in Japan before it was withdrawn. It includes “Born In The U.S.A.”, “Live/1975–85”, “Tunnel Of Love”, “Human Touch”, “Lucky Town”, “In Concert / MTV Plugged”, and “The Ghost Of Tom Joad”.

This is a promo copy; the rear side has a promo sticker with promo text (“見本盤 <NOT FOR SALE>”) and a unique serial number and the disc has a promo imprint (“SAMPLE”) on the inner plastic ring.

Notes:
In 1999 Bruce camp vetoed the commercial release of a second wave Japanese miniature LP paper sleeve CD reissues from BORN IN THE U.S.A. (SONY SRCS 8984) to THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (SONY SRCS 9474), right before the scheduled date in September 1999. As a result, that second batch was on sale in Japan a few hours in a very few stores before they were withdrawn. Promo copies were already send it and they were not retired.

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