AUDIOFILSKA
24 KARAT GOLD!
EDYCJA NUMEROWANA

Mastered by Legendary Engineer Steve Hoffman! "A must for all Dio fans and for all serious hardcore metal fans and collectors!" Following the well-deserved success of Dio's debut album, Holy Diver, Ronnie James Dio did not mess with that winning formula when he released the band's second studio album, The Last In Line. The album is full of heavy and hard rocking songs that draw upon the fantasy lyrics for which the band is known, lots of guitar solos and of course, Ronnie James Dio's distinctive voice. The 1984 release was the first Dio album to be certified Platinum. The line up on the album is the same as that on Holy Diver with Dio, Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice plus the addition of keyboard player Claude Schnell. The album kicks off with the classic metal opener "We Rock," which is fast, furious and indeed rocks! You can hear all of Campbell's nuances on the guitar, from harmonics to whammy bar divebombs. Jimmy Bain's bass playing comes forward in stunning clarity and, of course, Vinny Appice's drumming sounds brilliant. The title track which was a FM radio hit is next and may be the highlight of the album though the rest of the recording is a mixture of hard and heavy material such as "Breathless" and "Evil Eyes." There's the super-speed metal of "I Speed At Night," some melodic metal moments in "Mystery" and the epic riff that carries "Egypt." As usual with Dio, you get great performances, he sings so well throughout the album trading off with Vivian Campbell's awesome guitar soloing, plenty of memorable riffs and choruses. This is exactly what metal should sound like and The Last In Line really delivers! Audio Fidelity's 24K + Gold compact discs reproduce the ultimate sound of classic recorded performances without the irregular plated surfaces of standard aluminum discs. Their 24K + Gold series brings you classic music in deluxe packaging with see-through slip cases. They only use the original vintage mixes played back on a specially constructed playback deck. Here's where the Plus comes in: engineers Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray use their 30 years of expertise to create the best sounding versions of the music ever released. When they are satisfied with the end result, the final digital master is shipped directly to the manufacturing plant for etching in "real time" onto the glass surface by laser. The end result of this unique mastering process is a compact disc with the warm sound of the original analog master tape combined with a genuine 24 karat gold surface free of any type of physical defect making their 24K Gold CD series truly one of a kind!