Another great compilation from the EMI (and Festival) stable - compilations galore on vinyl but the best usually come from EMI
ISSUE ALERT!
Sadly this album does have an issue, it is not severe but it is present none-the-less. Please read below for the details
1982 OUT OF THE BLUE - Original Artists Compilation
Festival - EMI Records
Cat# RML 50003
1985
Australian release
Cover is in good (minus) condition, meaning that there are no seam splits, no tears and only light edgewear from handling but Oh dear! the previous owner liked to doodle on the album cover (rear) and the record label, their own little colouring book. So the rear of the cover in particular has some personal "touches" as well as the record label on each side.
New inner clear plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in good (minus) condition, visually inspected under a bright White halogen light source and I can see a number of generally light scratches or marks on each side of the vinyl. Just taking a look at the vinyl doesn't cut it, you need to actually play the entire album to make an accurate judgement on the condition so I then played the ENTIRE album, every single track. Surface noise level is just slightly elevated but there is an almost constant LOW LEVEL click with each revolution, meaning there are scratches affecting the audio. While playing each song this is not so noticeable as the music easily "drowns" the click boys but it can be heard during the quieter passages and in the inter-track space.
More serious though is the two quick mistracks I heard ...
Side 1
Track 5 (Yahzoo - Only You)
02:18 - One low level mistrack (preceded by a couple of medium clicks) so that a word is "skipped over"
Side 2
Track 2 (Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf)
01:48 One low level (not a CLUNK!) mistrack so that part of a word is dropped
ARTIST - TRACK:
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll
Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers
Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Ray Parker Jnr. - The Other Woman
Yazoo - Only You *** one mistrack
Kim Wilde - View From A Bridge
Members - Radio
Huey Lewis & The News - Do You Believe In Love
Australian Crawl - Shut Down
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf *** one mistrack
Madness - It Must Be Love
Blondie - Island Of Lost Souls
J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays - Shout Shout
Little Heroes - One Perfect Day
Adrian Gurvitz - Classic
