Styx Rare OZ Promo Etched Disc LP Paradise Theatre NM ’80 A&M L37525 Prog Rock
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Styx Rare OZ Promo Etched Disc LP Paradise Theatre NM ’80 A&M L37525 Prog Rock
Original OZ Promo Etched Disc LP released in 1980 on A&M Records. Cat: L37525. This album has a gatefold sleeve. Features a Promo sticker on A-side of label.This record is part of a recent collection bought from a Festival Records Rep. Stunning condition, many never played….
After successfully establishing themselves as one of America's best commercial progressive rock bands of the late '70s with albums like The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight, Chicago's Styx had taken a dubious step towards pop overkill with singer Dennis DeYoung's ballad "Babe." The centerpiece of 1979's uneven Cornerstone album, the number one single sowed the seeds of disaster for the group by pitching DeYoung's increasingly mainstream ambitions against the group's more conservative songwriters, Tommy Shaw and James "JY" Young. Hence, what had once been a healthy competitive spirit within the band quickly deteriorated into bitter co-existence during the sessions for 1980's Paradise Theater -- and all-out warfare by the time of 1983's infamous Kilroy Was Here. For the time being, however, Paradise Theater seemed to represent the best of both worlds, since its loose concept about the roaring '20s heyday and eventual decline of an imaginary theater (used as a metaphor for the American experience in general, etc., etc.) seemed to satisfy both of the band's camps with its return to complex hard rock (purists Shaw and JY) while sparing no amount of pomp and grandeur (DeYoung).
Tracks: A.D. 1928/ Rockin’ the paradise/ State street sadie/ Too much time on my hands/ She cares/ Snowblind/ Nothing ever goes as planned/ The best of times/ Lonely people/ Half-penny, two penny/ A.D. 1958.
There are no signs of spindle marks on labels. Record is in Near Mint condition. Cover has a few tiny surface tears on spine and is in Near Mint condition.
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854 (GS 7.0.18 (854))
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