Simple Minds Once Upon A Time (Quiex, Masterdisk, Inner)
Original 1985 AUDIOPHILE pressing on semi-translucent (when held to light) QUIEX VINYL mastered at MASTERDISK (stamped in the dead wax run-outs). 'I' stamp in the dead wax run-outs denotes a RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis pressing.
Vinyl has numerous surface sleeve scuffs/hazing and light scratches holding grade down, nothing deep I can feel though. Labels have a couple very faint spindle marks. Original lyric inner sleeve has cornerwear/edgewear, handling wear/wrinkling, seam splitting at the middle of the spine edge and tape wrapped around the entire spine edge. Cover has heavy cornerwear/edgewear, a ding bottom left corner, ringwear/hazing, scratches/scuffs on the front cover, light spidering around the edges, a sticker top right corner of front cover and discoloration at the bottom of front cover and top edge of back cover.
If you’re not familiar with QUIEX, it's like this: As CDs began coming on the scene in the 1980’s, record companies started pressing “Quiex II” LPs primarily for radio stations. The idea was to show that vinyl was still king and sounded just as good--or better--than CDs. MOST Quiex pressings were marked as Quiex that were shipped to radio. 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 (when held to light) AUDIOPHILE beauty is one of those pressings!
Genre: Rock
Condition: VG
Cover Condition: VG-Label: A+M Records
Reference Number: SP 5092
Date: 1985
Country: US
SKU: 17730
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$24