When it did not know better that this record 32 years behind him would be thought to play a CD ...... of course this does not apply for those who know the "Sound boards". My copy is almost flawless, on the B side we notice a few scratches, with me to the titles "Pretty Young Thing" and "The Lady in My Life". Is not that bad, it's very spoiled since today belongs only digitally. What the sound depth, transparency, bass, treble and speech intelligibility regards any case you would have to say that the record companies at that time knew very well how music pressed neatly on plastic. I personally find that a CD here by far can not keep up. I have the original CD for comparison here. This of course sounds very powerful, accurate bass, clear highs, speech intelligibility perfectly accurate, clear across the entire frequency band. But even unnatural, analytically / artificial, ..... made without "life" with computers we would say today. This result, in turn, can be a cheap Dreher with USB port today bend, behind another "1000 watts" amplifier and "2000 watts" speaker of "X-Market". For this it needs a bit more. Consider that one for a decent preamp of a record player already has to lie down on the 100Eur up ..... For those who have a "plastic plant" at home - buys you prefer a CD. If you really want to listen to music properly is the right to the money. That was in the 80s and so has not changed to this day! For all other - you will buy this LP long as there is somewhere! It is a milestone at the time with regard to the type of music / sound quality and video productions. Duty in a collection!