Styx - Pieces Of Eight
LP A&M SP-4724 STERLING 1st Press EX
Raven RECORDS collector copy: Styx – Pieces Of Eight Label: A&M Records Catalog Number: SP-4724 Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo
Built in the Raven Records style: actual-condition photos, clear grading, pressing/version evidence where available, and careful handling for collectors who play and preserve their records.
COLLECTOR SNAPSHOT
Side 1: TSP5186T6 stamped STERLING TJ Side 2: TSP5185T2 stamped STERLING TJ The Sterling mastering and TJ initials indicate an early high-quality mastering cut from the original production period. Vinyl visually grades Excellent (EX) with beautiful gloss and light signs of careful handling only. Plays very clean with strong dynamic sound quality throughout. Cover presents very nicely overall with light vintage storage wear consistent with a strong VG+ collector copy.
PRESSING & IDENTIFICATION
Website title: Styx - Pieces Of Eight LP A&M SP-4724 STERLING 1st Press EX
eBay item ID: 366424341069
Discogs reference: Styx - Pieces Of Eight (LP, Album, Ter)
Website title Styx - Pieces Of Eight LP A&M SP-4724 STERLING 1st Press EX
eBay item ID 366424341069
Listing basis Actual photos, Raven Records condition notes, and platform-specific grading.
DEAD WAX / MATRIX EVIDENCE
Dead-wax and pressing evidence:
Side 1: TSP5186T6 stamped STERLING TJ
Side 2: TSP5185T2 stamped STERLING TJ
The Sterling mastering and TJ initials indicate an early high-quality mastering cut from the original production period.
Vinyl visually grades Excellent (EX) with beautiful gloss and light signs of careful handling only. Plays very clean with strong dynamic sound quality throughout. Cover presents very nicely overall with light vintage storage wear consistent with a strong VG+ collector copy.
CONDITION
Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo
Vinyl visually grades Excellent (EX) with beautiful gloss and light signs of careful handling only. Plays very clean with strong dynamic sound quality throughout. Cover presents very nicely overall with light vintage storage wear consistent with a strong VG+ collector copy.
Ultrasonically cleaned and shipped in a brand new 3 mil outer vinyl sleeve. Record shipped outside jacket in a professional LP mailer with protective stiffeners to help prevent seam splits during shipping.
TRACK LISTING
Side 1
Great White Hope – 4:23
I’m O.K. – 5:34
Sing For The Day – 4:00
The Message – 1:06
Lords Of The Ring – 4:33
Side 2
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) – 4:08
Queen Of Spades – 5:38
Renegade – 4:14
Pieces Of Eight – 4:44
Aku-Aku – 2:27
Ultrasonically cleaned and shipped in a brand new 3 mil outer vinyl sleeve. Record shipped outside jacket in a professional LP mailer with protective stiffeners to help prevent seam splits during shipping.
Huntington Beach, CA-Wilmington, NC Private Collection
RAVEN RECORDS HANDLING
Record will be professionally cleaned before packaging when appropriate. The album is packed in a proper LP mailer with cardboard stiffeners and shipped to collector standards. When appropriate, opened records ship outside the jacket to reduce transit wear.
SHIPPING INFORMATION
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