Styx THE GRAND ILLUSION Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-026 (Half-speed mastered Stan Ric
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Styx THE GRAND ILLUSION Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 1-026 (Half-speed mastered by Stan Ricker)
Tracklist
A1 The Grand Illusion Written-By – Dennis DeYoung 4:36 A2 Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) Written-By – Tommy Shaw 5:29 A3 Superstars Written-By – Dennis DeYoung, James Young (3), Tommy Shaw 3:59 A4 Come Sail Away Written-By – Dennis DeYoung6:07 B1 Miss America Written-By – James Young (3) 5:01 B2 Man In The Wilderness Written-By – Tommy Shaw 5:49 B3 Castle Walls Written-By – Dennis DeYoung 6:00 B4 The Grand Finale Written-By – Dennis DeYoung, James Young (3), Tommy Shaw 1:58
*(all photos are of the actual item)
- Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
- Mastered At – JVC Cutting Center
- Pressed By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
- Manufactured By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Vocals – Tommy Shaw
- Bass Guitar, Vocals – Chuck Panozzo
- Drums, Percussion, Vocals – John Panozzo
- Engineer – Barry Mraz, Rob Kingsland
- Guitar, Vocals – James Young (3)
- Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer – Dennis DeYoung
- Lacquer Cut By – SR/2
- Mastered By [Half-Speed Mastering] – Stan Ricker
Notes
Issued with bi-fold cardboard inner stiffener.
Recorded and Remixed at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
- Imported Pressing and Plating
- Super High Definition Vinyl (extended life)
- Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
- Specialy Heavy-Duty Protective Packaging
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; 1101 * stamped [Var 1]): MFSL-1-026-A-10 TRC SR/2 ortofon 27 june 1980
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; 191 * stamped [Var 1]): MFSL-1-026-BgT9 SR/2 ortofon 191 *
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; 182+ ? stamped [Var 2]): MFSL-1-026-A8 T SR/2 ORTOFON 30 MAY,80
- Matrix / Runout (Runout b etched; 192+ stamped [Var 2]): MFSL-1-026B8?T9 SR/2 ORTOFON 192+
The Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by Styx. Recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago, the album was released on July 7, 1977. The release was a smash worldwide, selling three million copies in the US (Triple Platinum) alone. Some estimates have the album at over 6 million copies sold. The album launched the band to stardom and spawned the hit singles "Come Sail Away" and "Fooling Yourself." The title track also received substantial FM airplay, but was never released as an official single. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AllMusic Review by Mike DeGagne
Other than being their first platinum-selling album, The Grand Illusion led Styx steadfastly into the domain of AOR rock. Built on the strengths of "Come Sail Away"'s ballad-to-rock metamorphosis, which gained them their second Top Ten hit, and on the high harmonies of newcomer Tommy Shaw throughout "Fooling Yourself," The Grand Illusion introduced Styx to the gates of commercial stardom. The pulverized growl of "Miss America" reveals the group's guitar-savvy approach to six-string rock, while De Young pretentiously struts his singing prowess throughout the title track. Shaw's induction into the band has clearly settled, and his guitar work, along with James Young's, is full and extremely sharp where it matters most. Even the songwriting is more effluent than Crystal Ball, which was released one year earlier, shedding their mystical song motifs for a more audience-pleasing lyric and chord counterpoise. Reaching number six on the album charts, The Grand Illusion was the first to display the gelled accomplishments of both Tommy Shaw and Dennis De Young as a tandem.
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