Def Leppard Hysteria (Quiex, DMM, Masterdisk)
RARE ORIGINAL 1987 AUDIOPHILE PRESSING with all the bells and whistles. First, this is a RARE QUIEX VIRGIN VINYL PRESSING. Second, DMM (Direct Metal Master) is etched in deadwax--AUDIOPHILE pressing. Third, MASTERDISK is stamped in the deadwax--Masterdisk cut offers higher quality sound. Whew!
Translucent virgin vinyl has a few light surface sleeve scuffs holding grade back, nothing I can feel though. Labels have a touch of wear around spindle holes. Original inner sleeve has handling wear, light cornerwear/ edgewear, and splitting in the center of one side edge. Cover has heavy cornerwear, heavy edgewear, faint ringwear, and a ding upper right corner.
If you’re not familiar with Quiex, it's like this: As CDs began coming on the scene in the 1980s, record companies started pressing Quiex II lps for primarily for radio stations. The idea was to show that vinyl was still king and sounded as good--or better--than CDs. MOST Quiex pressings were marked as Quiex that were shipped to radio. But if too many were pressed, they were packaged as regular LPs and those lucky enough to unknowingly buy them were then blessed with clearer sound! This translucent brown Audiophile beauty IS one of those pressings.
Genre: Rock
Condition: Strong VG+
Cover Condition: Strong VGLabel: Mercury
Reference Number: 830 675-1 Q1
Date: 1987
Country: US
SKU: 15815
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