STYX - Paradise Theater (1981, Vinyl LP) SP-3719 w/Etched Disc
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Description

  • Artist: STYX

  • Album Title: Paradise Theatre (note the "re" spelling on the front cover and "er" on the back and label)

  • Release Year: 1981

  • Format: Vinyl LP (12-inch, 33 ⅓ RPM)

  • Record Label: A&M Records

  • Catalog Number: SP-3719

Key Features of the Original Pressing

  • Release Date: The album was officially released on January 16, 1981.

  • Concept Album: Paradise Theatre is a concept album that uses the rise and fall of a fictional Chicago movie palace as a metaphor for America's changing times.

  • Commercial Success: This was the band's most commercially successful album, becoming their only album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

  • Specialty Pressing: Early vinyl pressings of the album (including the SP-3719) are famous for a "laser-etched" design on the vinyl's B-side. This etching features the Styx logo and other designs in the lead-out groove area.

  • Hit Singles: The album produced two top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles: "The Best of Times" and "Too Much Time on My Hands."

Tracklist

The tracklist for the 1981 LP is as follows:

Side One:

  1. A.D. 1928

  2. Rockin' the Paradise

  3. Too Much Time on My Hands

  4. Nothing Ever Goes as Planned

  5. The Best of Times

Side Two:

  1. Lonely People

  2. She Cares

  3. Snowblind

  4. Half-Penny, Two-Penny

  5. A.D. 1958

  6. State Street Sadie


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