This record to me has a horror story. I purchased three copies from THE WHERHOUSE when it first came out back in the day. The reason was because on side three it skipped in three different spots. I kept returning them until the third one didn't skip. The master stamper on this lot or recordings was bad because the skips were in the exact same spots on the first two albums. I since have purchased a DBX encoded Natalius 1/2 speed recording and it sounds stunning,