Various Artists / New Best Hit In U.S.A.
Japan ONLY LP


United Artists GP 577

Appendices: “Original OBI”, “Insert” & “Shrink-Wrap”

Description: This is scarce Japan ONLY compilation album ( released in 1984 ), coming with complete appendices. This album includes 12 good tracks from US of the mid 1980’s, featuring “NENA”, “Lover Boy”, “Men At Work”, Cyndi Lauper”, “Heart” & many more ( See the track-list below ). The insert shows “Japanese liner notes” & “English lyrics”. It’s hard to find this item even in my country nowadays. Scarce item from Japan to serious collector.

Side A: The girls just to have fun ( Cyndi Lauper ), Give it up ( KC ), Fix it ( Teena Marie ), How can I refuse ( Heart ), The flyer ( Saga ), The language of love ( Dan Fogelberg )

Side B: 99 Luftballons ( Nena ), Queen of the broken hearts ( Loverboy ), Total eclipse of the heart ( Bonnie Tyler ), I’ll let you slide ( Luther Vandross ), Monkey on your back ( Aldo Nova ), Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive ( Men at work )


Condition: VG/VG+ ( Cover / Disc )


COVER: Cover is good in condition, except for lightly worn right corners & right-edge. The cover is still in the “shrink-wrap”, which is open at the right-edge. It’s lightly stained with minor brown spots on the white portion of front side in the “shrink-wrap”. The back side is clean. Otherwise it has no tear, ring-wear, dent, strip & writing…OK.

DISC: Disc is good in condition, keeping glossy. It has a few slight scuffs with a slight long hairline on Side B ( inaudible ). There’re several spindle-marks on each label. Otherwise it has none of any scratch, which is to be rated as "VG+”. No flaw on the groove of Side A. Flaws are only a few on Side B.

OBI: VG, being stained with minor brown spots on the front side in the “shrink-wrap”.

INSERT: G+, being lightly tanned with brown spots in part on the surface of each side.