MFSL Audiophile rock LP SPANDAU BALLET “True” Mobile Fidelity NM SUPERB

$

40

Artists: SPANDAU BALLET

Title: “True”

Label:  Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratories ~ MFSL 1-152.

Audiophile pressing, specially plated and pressed on High Definition Super Vinyl by VICTOR Company of Japan, Ltd.

From the original stereo master tape under license from Chrysalis Records.  Label is white with black text.

Year:   1984

Personnel:

·         Tony Hadley – Lead Vocals

·         Gary Kemp – Guitar and Backing Vocals

·         Steve Norman – Sax and Percussion

·         Martin Kemp – Bass

·         John Keeble - Drums

Condition:

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean, except 3 tiny cataloguing stickers placed neatly on each side by original owner.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT with flawless front and back panels.  Nice seams and corners.  Upper left corner of front panel has 3 round stickers.  No writing, cut-out marks, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display.

Includes full color lyric insert with photo, in top condition.

Track Listing:

Side One:

·         Communication

·         Pleasure

·         Code of Love

·         Gold

Side Two:

·         Lifeline

·         Heaven is a Secret

·         Foundation

·         True

Review:

“By 1983, with the new romantic movement they'd sprung from a rapidly fading memory, the members of Spandau Ballet showed they had no intention of traveling the same path.  Always ambitious, the British quintet really got down to business: Gone were the kilts, frilly shirts, and makeup -- as well as the sometimes chilly electronics of their first two albums.  Instead, after recording at Compass Point Studios in the sun-soaked Bahamas, the group turned up in smartly tailored suits, with a sleek and mainstream sound to match.  That came courtesy of producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain, who gave Spandau the sort of pop-R&B sheen that had produced hits for clients like Imagination.  And it also reflected the growing skill of guitarist Gary Kemp, the band's primary songwriter, who crafted a set of tunes aimed squarely at the charts.  The one that succeeded most spectacularly, of course, was the title cut, a glossily-updated Motown-style ballad that became one of the decade's biggest hits -- aided by a video that cast singer Tony Hadley as a young Frank Sinatra, crooning about the sound of his soul.  But Kemp had more arrows in his quiver, as well; the catchy soft disco of "Communication" and "Lifeline" coyly suggests, rather than demands, listeners' presence on the dance floor, while the suave, spy flick-inspired "Gold" finally gives Hadley an appropriately rich setting for his dramatic warble.  Some listeners at the time called the album an MOR sellout, but its slick surfaces remain tough to resist, and while none of the cuts generate the excitement of past singles like "To Cut a Long Story Short" or "Chant No. 1," True remains Spandau Ballet's most consistent and best all-around album.”

(courtesy  Dan LeRoy, allmusic.com.)

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