Black Ice

Recorded at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC. Housed in an embossed gatefold sleeve, the red elements to the front are embossed. The sleeve is gloss black intercut with a highly intricate matte patterning. The discs are held in side opening black / red picture inner sleeves of thin card. These have a soft sheen finish. Some copies came with a hype sticker applied to the shrink-wrap. Some copies from independent UK retailers came with a 25mm button pin badge. © & ℗ 2008 Leidseplein Presse B.V. Made in the EU. The numbers 88697383771-1 and 88697383771-2 are printed on the inner sleeves. Runouts are stamped except 88697383771 are etched. Pressing plant and lacquer cut identified based on the runout areas. [Additional information about the faintly inscribed geometric marks:] In the runouts, variant 1 "=l2", "T=2", "T+2", "UT", variant 3 "2I=", "2=T", "2+Λ", "ⱽI=" are mirrored.