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If you love somebody / Another day sample - ALAM 118 - photocopy sleeve promo + commercial - AMP 220 4 tracks 12" promo & commercial - AMP 18052 - with yellow obi (12" sleeve)	If you love somebody / Another day reissue - label states it is a remix version... promo + commercial - 7Y3027 4 tracks 12" promo & commercial - C12Y3147 - with blanc obi (same sleeve)	Love is the 7th wave new mix / Album version sample only - ALAM-121 3 tracks 12" (+Fortress & Dream of) promo & commercial - AMP 12007 - with blue obi (normal sleeve)	Fortress around your heart / Consider me gone live promo + commercial - AMP 233	Russians / Gabriel's message Sample - ALAM 128 promo + commercial - AMP 240	Shadows in the rain / Medley night mix 12" promo + commercial - AMP 12010 - with blue OBI reissue commercial - C12Y3008 - with red OBI	Be still my beating heart / Ghost in the strand Sample issue with Single edit - PR 116 promo xwith album version - 7Y3075 commercial with original edit - 7Y3075	We'll be together / Conversation with a dog promo + commercial - 7Y3060 5 tracks 12" promo & commercial - C12Y3213 - with OBI	Englishman in NY / Moon over BB street promo + commercial - 7Y3061

Japan was the first country to issue CD, and so on, the first one to stop to print vinyl records. The japanese vinyl records are the best one of the world, concerning sound quality. It seems not really important by now, but it was back in the 80's!

Japanese stop to issue vinyl in 1989, so on, only singles from Dream of & Nothing like the sun were issued on 7", and some on 12".

Japanese 7" are really nice items, due to japanese text on sleeve, & different design for some of them. The 7" does not comes in an usual sleeve, it is in fact a 2 pages or 4 pages insert with lyrics, the disc itself comes in a protection sleeve.

Also, there is 2 kind of promo issue:
The sampler (called samp here): very rare, these issues comes with special catalogue number, and samp text on sleeve or label, these are promo of promo...

The promo issue are in fact same as commercial issue with a japanese caracter on label.

Only If you love, Love is seventh wave & We'll be together were issued on 12", all with OBI and insert, and as commercial & promo copy. It is interesting to note that Love is the seventh wave was issued commercial on 12" and only as a samp issue on 7".

Also, "Shadows in the rain" was issued in 12", with a medley of live songs from "Bring on the night" movie soundtrack. It was to promote "Bring on the night".