Lou Donaldson Lush Life (1986 Quiex DMM RE)
1986 Blue Note DMM Direct Metal Mastering AUDIOPHILE reissue pressed on translucent (when held to light) QUIEX VINYL! Vinyl has several faint surface sleeve scuffs/hazing just holding grade back from NM, nothing I can feel. Labels are excellent. Original Blue Note inner sleeve has light cornerwear/edgewear, a smushed upper corner, a ding/crease near the center of one side edge and a slight bend/crease at the middle of the top edge. Cover has a touch of cornerwear/edgewear, bending/creasing top left corner, light ringwear mostly on front cover and a small bend/crease near the bottom of the spine edge on the 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: Jazz
Condition: NM-
Cover Condition: VG++Label: Blue Note
Reference Number: BST-84254
Date: 1986 (1980)
Country: US
SKU: 22396
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Audiophile Pressings > Audiophile Pressings
$56