Hellhammer Apocalyptic Raids (1st Press, Quiex, Shrink, Insert)
RARE original 1984 Metal Blade FIRST pressing on translucent QUIEX AUDIOPHILE virgin vinyl with the original insert and shrink-wrap. Vinyl has many surface sleeve scuffs/hazing holding grade down. Labels have heavy wear/spindle marks. Original insert has light handling wear and light cornerwear/edgewear. Cover in original shrink-wrap has very heavy cornerwear, heavy edgewear, a small price sticker upper right corner on shrink-wrap, and a couple small splits in shrink-wrap upper edge of back cover. Shrink-wrap is taped to the cover with scotch tape along the right edges.br>
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: Metal
Condition: VG-
Cover Condition: VG-Label: Metal Blade
Reference Number: E 1106
Date: 1984
Country: US
SKU: 17057
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