R.E.M. Reckoning (Quiex, Sterling, MR, Inner)
Original 1984 I.R.S. pressing on translucent (when held to light) QUIEX AUDIOPHILE VINYL cut at Sterling Sound ('STERLING' stamp in dead wax run-outs). Includes the original printed inner sleeve.
Side 1 (L) grades VG++ with numerous faint surface sleeve scuffs just holding grade back from NM-, nothing I can feel. Side 2 (R) grades NM- with a few faint surface sleeve scuffs just holding grade back from NM, nothing I can feel. Labels have a few light spindle marks. Original inner sleeve has light handling wear/wrinkling, cornerwear/edgewear, seam splitting at the middle of bottom and one side edge and some faint brown stains on both sides. Cover has cornerwear, light edgewear, bottom of spine edge is pinched/dinged, a hint of faint ringwear, light spidering/creasing around the edges and sticker residue bottom right corner 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++/NM-
Cover Condition: Strong VG+Label: I.R.S.
Reference Number: SP-70044
Date: 1984
Country: US
SKU: 1329
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