NEW AUDIO FIDELITY LP SADE PROMISE AFZ DCC AFZLP129 SN0025 POP, SOUL, LATIN JAZZ

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For sale is the beautiful, cool hybrid pop-soul-jazz, with a bit of Latin-Jazz of the FACTORY SEALED, Audio Fidelity 180+ Gram LP “PROMISE” by SADE ADU, AFZLP # 139!  This fine recording was mastered by Kevin Gray!  This is a Limited Edition with a serial number of only 0025!  Numerous high resolution photos have been taken with a macro lens for your close consideration and review.    

It is recommended to NOT unseal this LP!  Due to the  low serial number, the value would be immediately compromised.  Other sealed LPs with serial numbers in the hundreds can be found that are a bit less expensive and it is recommended to play one of those rather than this serial number 025.  

If you look very closely at the photos you may be able to see a line of very small holes in the shrink-wrap.  These are now part of the factory packaging to prevent moisture buildup underneath the shrink-wrap.

*REPRINTED WITH THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF AUDIO FIDELITY*

180+ Virgin Vinyl (AFZLP 139)

Side One:

Is It a Crime

The Sweetest Taboo

War of the Hearts

Jezebel

Side Two:

Mr Wrong

Never as Good as the First Time

Fear

Tar Baby

Maureen

Mastered by Kevin Gray

"...near-perfection, "Promise" will forever be Sade's career-defining masterwork."

The silky-smooth, smokey and sensuous voice of Sade Adu rings true and clear and the smoldering brand of jazz and Latin-tinged soul are featured on Promise, Sade's second album. Released just nine months after Diamond Life, the 1984 Grammy award-winning Best New Artist continues the cool-cat jazz of their debut while exploring more exotic influences. Sade is hard to define. She is not quite jazz, not quite R&B, not quite pop, and not quite "easy listening." Sade the band really defies all attempts at categorization.

1985's Promise is a personal journey of a broken heart and a bruised soul. It bleeds with emotion, and it captivates the listener through its refined and understated grace. This album has a cohesiveness rather than just a collection of songs, there is a development of a theme here, and the songs of love and betrayal and just being a woman blend together into a whole. "The Sweetest Taboo," easily one of the group's signature songs, went on to be a huge hit and "Never as Good as the First Time" landed in both the R&B and pop Top 20.  "Is It a Crime" was also released as a single. The unreleased tracks are also standouts, Sade doesn't just sing with instrumental accompaniment, she dialogs with the instruments, conversing and gossiping with them about the melancholy inhabitants of her songs: "Mister Wrong," "Jezebel,""Maureen" (you-were-a-pearl-in-my-world).

Promise became the band's first album to top the album charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States while matching its predecessor's quadruple platinum certification. Sade was once again the personification of cool; her sultry contralto is more assured and expressive. Sade's voice and the band's music create a foreboding atmosphere that is practically spellbinding. This album is gorgeous. Sade is a timeless singer who makes her mark with refreshing refinement and beauty.

*REPRINTED WITH THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF AUDIO FIDELITY*

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