Donald Fagen
The Nightfly
Warner Bros. 9 23696
made in Japan for US & international markets
color scheme: silver stock background with red reticle and lettering
genre: rock
LP originally released in 1982


MADE IN | | JAPAN (by JVC)
no known variations
Known matrix numbers: 9 23696 2 M1E11, 9 23696 2 M1E12, 9 23696 2 M1E1x3,
9 23696 2 M2E11, 9 23696 2 M2E12, 9 23696 2 M2E13, 9 23696 2 M4E11, 9 23696 2 M4E15, and
9 23696 2 M4E16 (other matrices may exist)


Front cover of the eight-page booklet.
Page seven states "Manufactured by JVC, Japan. Printed in Japan."


Rear tray insert, "Printed in Japan" with barcode.
Usually, "9-23696-2" is printed on the reverse. Later issues have a blank reverse.


Rear tray insert, "Printed in U.S.A." with barcode.
This disc can also sometimes be found with US inserts, and sometimes US discs
can be found in the Japanese inserts. The USA booklet states "Printed in U.S.A."
on page seven. USA pressings will usually come with these USA paper inserts.

Notes: This disc is common, much easier to find than the West German counterpart.

Jewel case info: (M4E16) smooth frosted two-dimple, "T4" is embossed on the back and on one tab.

(M4E15) smooth frosted two-dimple, "T3" is embossed on the back and on one tab.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending" and "T2"

(M4E15) smooth frosted-top two-dimple, "T1" is embossed on the back and on one tab.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending" and "T2"

OTHER INTERESTING EARLY CD PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE:


"Made in Japan. Mfg. by the Victor Company of Japan, Ltd." (at 9 o'clock)
Matrix number: 9 23696 2 M4E17
Other matrix numbers probably exist.
After the target design was discontinued, JVC supplied discs in
this new boring colorless format.


MADE IN JAPAN (at 6 o'clock)
"Made in Japan. Mfg. by the Victor Company of Japan, Ltd." (at 9 o'clock)
Matrix number: 9-23696-2-S6C00
Other matrix numbers are possible.
Later JVC pressings added the "MADE IN JAPAN" line.
I found both these JVC pressings in the same Japanese paper inserts as the target discs.

12/16/20