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📀 FULL SPECIFICATIONS 🎤 Artist : Manic Street Preachers 🎵 Title : Know Your Enemy 💿 Format : CD 🌍 Country : Japan 🗓️ Year : 2001 🏷️ Label : Epic 🔢 Catalog number : ESCA 8283 🔗 Discogs Release ID : 12296065 ▥ Barcode : 4988010828387 🎼 Genre : Rock ✨ Media condition : M 🖼️ Sleeve condition : M 🎌 OBI : Yes 📄 Insert / booklet : Yes ⭐ Pressing type : Confirmed original 🎵 AT A GLANCE 🇯🇵 Japanese Original Pressing Know Your Enemy, the ambitious double-length record the Manic Street Preachers released in March 2001, here in its Japanese edition on Epic — catalogue number ESCA 8283. This copy is a confirmed original pressing, arriving in Mint condition throughout, with both its obi strip and insert intact. 📀 Format & Edition Format: CD Country: Japan Year: 2001 Label: Epic Catalog Number: ESCA 8283 Barcode: 4988010828387 Discogs Release ID: 12296065 Original Pressing: confirmed 🎌 Obi & Extras The obi strip is present and in excellent condition — a detail that matters both to completists and to anyone who appreciates the care with which Japanese pressings are traditionally assembled. The original insert is also included. ✨ Condition Media: M — Mint. Unmarked and pristine. Sleeve: M — Mint. No creasing, no wear, no fading. A genuinely well-preserved copy of a release that is not always found in this state with all its components. 📦 Packaging & Shipping Every order is packed with care and appropriate protective materials to ensure the disc and sleeve arrive exactly as described. ✨ HIGHLIGHTS • 🇯🇵 Japanese original pressing — Epic ESCA 8283, 2001 • 🎌 Obi strip present and in excellent condition • 📄 Original insert included • 💿 Media and sleeve both graded Mint (M/M) 💡 MUSIC STORIES 🎸 An Uncommonly Sprawling Statement — Know Your Enemy was released as a double album across two discs, spanning eighteen tracks — making it one of the longest studio records in the Manic Street Preachers' catalogue. The band recorded much of the material in a relatively short and intense period, resulting in a deliberately eclectic collection that moved between post-punk, electronica-inflected rock and more straightforward song structures. Please verify 📖 A Band Defined by Literary Ambition — The Manic Street Preachers have consistently woven literary and political references throughout their work — from Sylvia Plath to Albert Camus — and Know Your Enemy continues that tradition, with several tracks addressing themes of globalisation, ideology and cultural identity. This contextual density is part of what has made the band a lasting subject of critical attention in British rock. Please verify before publi 🫧 PROTECTION Transparent outer protective sleeve provided. 📦 PACKING & SHIPPING Fast and careful shipping.