Duran Duran - Rio (LP, Album, 1st) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)

Solid copy, VPI cleaned. Sleeve has a bit more wear than VG+
 

Notes:

First release with the original 'album versions' with A-side matrix numbers ST-1-12211 F-II / -Z5.
There are several variants of later re-issues with the same catalogue number, but different matrix numbers, playing longer versions on side A, the so-called 'Kershenbaum remixes'.
This first release of Rio had been pressed at [l313656.
Different lacquers had been used for these pressings, mastered both, at [l265641 and, in-contract, at [l186075

Gold-Stamp promos exist with messaging on top right corner of cover "Property of Capitol Records, Inc. This Album is on loan for PROMOTIONAL USES ONLY." Letter and 6 digit number combinations are stamped on each, as identifiers (example in hand is L 008852).

[Note on the different US releases of 'Rio':
All 'Rio' lacquers, cut in-contract by TML and Precision Mastering, show a "Z" in the runout matrix and had been consecutively numbered.
Except Z-1 and Z-4, the numbering system counts A- and B-side lacquers separately and was used for all three album variants.
By these Z-numbers, the pressing plant, the album variant and the side of the record can be identified:
[l313266: Z4 (Var.1,A+B)
[l314605: Z1 (Var.1, A+B) / Z8 (Var.2+3, B) / Z12 (Var.3, B) / Z13 (Var.2, A) / Z16 (Var.3, A) / Z17 (Var.3, A) / Z20 (Var.3, A)
[l313656: Z2 (Var.1, B) / Z5 (Var.1, A) / Z6 (Var.1, B) / Z9 (Var.2, B) / Z10 (Var.3, B) / Z11 (Var.3, B) / Z15 (Var.2, A) / Z18 (Var.3, A) / Z19 (Var.3, A)

A1. Rio 5:32
A2. My Own Way 4:41
A3. Lonely In Your Nightmare 3:52
A4. Hungry Like The Wolf 3:40
A5. Hold Back The Rain 3:59
B1. New Religion 5:31
B2. Last Chance On The Stairway 4:18
B3. Save A Prayer 5:33
B4. The Chauffeur 5:12

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 0 7777-12211-1
Matrix / Runout ST-1-12211
Matrix / Runout ST-2-12211
Matrix / Runout ST-1-12211 Z5 TMLX ─◁
Matrix / Runout ST-2-12211-Z2 #2 TML-M ─◁
Matrix / Runout ST-1-12211 F-II MASTERED BY CAPITOL Wally
Matrix / Runout ST-2-12211-Z6 TML-S #2 ─◁
Matrix / Runout ST 1-12211 Z5 TMLX ─◁
Matrix / Runout ST-2-12211-Z2 TML-M #2 ─◁

Phonographic Copyright (p) Tritec Music Ltd.
Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At Air Studios
Mastered At Capitol Mastering
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Pressed By Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester