Vintage Cheap Trick Dream Police 12" Vinyl LP 1979 Epic Japan OBI Gatefold Rock

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Vintage Cheap Trick Dream Police 12" Vinyl LP 1979 Epic Japan OBI Gatefold Rock

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Vinyl is glossy with a few light sleeve scuffs and faint hairline marks visible under strong light; Epic labels are clean and fully legible with minimal spindle wear. Gatefold jacket has light ring impression, scattered age spotting and foxing on the white background, and minor edge and corner rubbing with small bumps, but spine text and seams remain intact. Obi strip, and Japanese lyric inserts show mild age toning, small spots, and light handling creases; playback has not been tested and the LP is sold based on visual condition only.

Artist: Cheap Trick

Title: Dream Police Japanese pressing 12-inch black vinyl LP album with obi strip

Format: 33⅓ RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo

Label and catalog number: Epic / CBS Sony, catalog 25·3P-50 as printed on spine, back cover, obi, and center labels; labels show Epic logo and © 1979 CBS Inc. text.

Release year: 1979

Genre/Style: Rock, pop rock, power pop, hard rock.

Material: Vinyl; Color: Black.

Case type: Gatefold cardboard sleeve featuring front cover photo of the band dressed as white-uniformed "Dream Police" officers in a mist-filled interior scene with Cheap Trick Dream Police title text in blue at the upper right and a red Japanese obi strip along the left edge.

Back cover details: Continuation of the Dream Police theme with band members among tall columns and fog, printed track list, musician and production credits in blue type along the left, and Epic logo with catalog 25·3P-50 at the lower right; light age spotting visible on the white background.

Inner gatefold: Full lineup-photo artwork of the band in a police lineup room numbered 1–8, with observers seated in the foreground; inner panels are clean with vivid colors.

Obi strip: Original red Japanese obi strip present along the left side with Cheap Trick logo at the top, large vertical Japanese album title text, band photo strip, and English text "Dream Police Cheap Trick" plus price ¥2,500 and Rock 25·3P-50 branding at the bottom.

Inlay/Inner sleeve: Includes a heavy paper picture inner sleeve with color photo of the band in white uniforms and Dream Police badges on one side and a grey Dream Police USA emblem with printed English lyrics on the reverse, showing mild handling creases and a few small age spots.

Additional inserts: one Japanese-language lyric/liner note booklet included, printed in black and grey with Cheap Trick logo headings and columns of Japanese text, showing light age toning, faint wrinkles, and small brown specks; record is housed in a separate clear plastic inner sleeve.

Track listing Side One: Dream Police; Way of the World; The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems); Gonna Raise Hell.

Track listing Side Two: I'll Be With You Tonight; Voices; Writing on the Wall; I Know What I Want; Need Your Love.

Band lineup (as printed): Robin Zander – vocals and rhythm guitar; Tom Petersson – bass and 8-string bass; Rick Nielsen – guitars, vocals; Bun E. Carlos – drum kit.

Production credits: Produced by Tom Werman; engineered by Gary Ladinsky with assistance from Mike Beiriger and others; recorded and mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles and mastered at Sterling Sound, New York; songs published by Screen Gems–E.M.I. Music Inc. / Adult Music (BMI); JASRAC logo appears on the labels.

Country/Region of manufacture: Manufactured by CBS/Sony Inc., Tokyo, Japan.

Grading notes: Vinyl surface displays strong gloss with a few light sleeve scuffs and faint hairline marks visible under bright light; center labels are clean and fully legible with minimal spindle wear.

Jacket shows light ring impression, scattered age spotting/foxing on the white areas, and minor edge and corner rubbing with small bumps, while spine text and gatefold seams remain fully intact.

Insert and obi have mild toning, light wrinkling, and a few tiny stains but no tears.

Playback has not been tested; record is sold based on visual inspection only.

Keywords: Cheap Trick Dream Police LP, Epic Japan 25·3P-50 vinyl, 1979 Japanese gatefold rock album with obi.

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