a-ha - HUNTING HIGH AND LOW 1985 US 1st/ORIG. ISSUE VINYL/LP SRC PRESS NM/M PLAY
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a-ha - Hunting High And Low 1985 US First/Original Pressing Vinyl/LP containing 10 total tracks featuring five hit singles: Love Is Reason (in Norway & the Philippines), The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (#1 on the UK Singles Chart and #20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1986), Train Of Thought (#8 on the UK Singles Chart, a 12-inch single featuring a remix of the song appeared on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart in 1986 and sold 500,000 copies worldwide) , the title track (#5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1986) and the worldwide #1 smash hit, Take On Me (the original 1984 version failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases, the second of those 1985 releases charted in September 1985, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in October then in the United States in October 1985 the single topped US Billboard's Hot 100 Chart, no doubt bolstered by the wide exposure on MTV of director Steve Barron's innovative music video featuring the band in a live-action pencil-sketch animation sequence and the video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards). For full track listing and sequence (Photo #4). The album was a huge commercial success, reaching high positions on charts worldwide and peaking at number 15 on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Certified 3X Platinum in the UK, 3
2X Platinum in Norway and Platinum in the US by RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for 1M units/copies sold. Originally mastered at K Disc Mastering, Hollywood. SRC (Specialty Records Corporation) Pressing as indicated on the Matrix / Runout area. Please see below for detailed informations. Issued with custom inner-sleeve (Photo #8) with a 2.5 inch split at the bottom. Cat # 1-25300 appears on the label.
Cat # 9 25300-1 appears on the spine (Photo #6) and inner sleeve. With printed barcode (Photo #5). Printed in the U.S.A. (Photo #7). NM/M Play Test/Grade for majority of the time. Please see below for specific details. No skips/jumps nor repeats (needle getting stuck in the groove). Each track was listened to from start to finish. Vinyl is visually graded near mint. Photos #9-12 were taken directly under a fluorescent bulb. Condition is "Used". Album cover graded excellent due to sticker residue just below the printed barcode (Photo #5) and front right upper/edge section/corner and front right lower area/edge/corner creases. No saw/notch cuts, drill/punch holes nor gold promo stamp. Not a club edition either. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Payment is due within 5-7 days from the purchase date. Thanks for stopping by.
Side A
NM/M
Side B
1.) The Sun Always Shines On T.V. 5:06
NM/M except at the following time marks: 0:12 (E for a single pop), 0:14 sec. (E/E+ for a minimal single pop, part of instrumental intro, vocal starts at 0:15 mark with “Touch me”)
2.) And You Tell Me 1:51
NM/M except at 0:00-0.09 sec. mark (just before the 1 sec., E+ for a very light/fine crackle)
3.) Love Is Reason 3:04
NM/M
4.) I Dream Myself Alive 3:06
0:00-0:09 (just before the 1 sec. mark, E+ for a very light/fine crackle)
5.) Here I Stand And Face The Rain 4:30
NM/M
Matrix / Runout - Side A Runout Etched exc SRC stamp:
1-25300-A SR3 SRC 1-1 SRC
Matrix / Runout - Side B Runout Etched exc SRC stamp:
1-25300-B SR3 SRC 1-1SM1-1-2
Pressing Plant ID - Sides A & B Runouts Stamped:
SRC (A Sideways S with R and C in the loops)
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