Suzanne Vega S/T (Quiex, Electrosound, Shrink, Inner)
Original 1985 AUDIOPHILE, FIRST pressing on translucent QUIEX VIRGIN vinyl complete with printed inner sleeve and cover still in shrink-wrap. RARE ERROR COVER, with back cover being printed upside down. 'B' printed at bottom of labels denotes a Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. pressing. Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound ('STERLING' in dead wax run-outs). Mastering/plate work done at Europadisk indicated by '(EDP)' stamp in dead wax run-outs.
Translucent quiex vinyl has a very slight shelf warp that does not affect play and a few light surface sleeve scuffs/hazing holding grade back, nothing I can feel though. Labels are excellent. Original lyric inner sleeve has light handling wear and a bent top corner. Cover in the original SHRINK-WRAP is NM and excellent all-around.
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: NMLabel: A+M Records
Reference Number: SP-6-5072
Date: 1985
Country: US
SKU: 20762
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Audiophile Pressings > Audiophile Pressings
$45