Quiex II or "Quiex-like" Translucent Vinyl

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• 10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo (Promo)
• 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (Promo)
• 38 Special - Strength in Numbers ✔
• 38 Special - Tour De Force
• AC/DC - Back In Black
• Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)
• Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
• Alison Krauss - Too Late to Cry
• Amy Grant - Unguarded
• Amy Grant - Christmas Album
• Aretha Franklin - Aretha
• Asia - Alpha
• Asia - Asia ✔ (Amber)
• Bad Company - Dangerous Age (1988)
• Beck - Mellow Gold
• Billy Ocean - Love Zones (1986)
• Billy Squier - Don't Say No
• Bob Dylan - Ten of Swords
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - The Distance
• Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
• Bootsy Collins - Ultra Wave
• Boston - Third Stage ✔ (Brown)
• Bruce Hornsby And The Range - The Way It Is
• Bryan Adams - Into the Fire
• Bryan Adams - Reckless
• Carpenters - An Old Fashioned Christmas
• Carpenters - Lovelines
• Carpenters - Voice of the Heart
• Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
• Carpenters - Christmas Portrait
• Charlie Haden - Ballad of the Fallen
• Christine McVie - Christine McVie
• Crowded House - Crowded House
• David Bowie - Let's Dance
• David Crosby - Oh Yes I Can
• Def Leppard - Hysteria
• Dire Straits - Alchemy
• Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms ✔ (Amber)
• Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
• Don Cherry - Art Deco
• Donald Fagen - Nightfly
• Dream Death - Journey Into Mystery
• Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show
• Dumptruck - For The Country
• Duran Duran - Notorious
• Duran Duran - Duran Duran ✔
• Duran Duran - Rio
• Easy Pieces - Easy Pieces
• Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine
• Elton John - Breaking Hearts ✔ (Amber)
• Elton John - Jump Up! ✔ (Amber)
• Elton John - Sasson Presents Elton John (Promo 12") ✔ (Amber)
• Elton John - The Fox ✔ (Amber)
• Elton John - Too Low For Zero ✔ (Amber)
• Eurythmics - Savage
• Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
• Fleetwood Mac - Mirage
• Fleetwood Mac - Tusk ✔
• Genesis - Invisible Touch
• George Harison - Gone Troppo
• Glen Frey - The Allnighter
• Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
• Go-Betweens - Tallulah
• Go-Go's - Talk Show ✔ (Purple)
• Golden Eagles - Lightning & Thunder
• Golden Earring - The Hole
• Head East - Live!
• Heart - Heart (1985)
• Herb Alpert - Blow Your Own Horn
• Herb Alpert - Bullish ✔
• Herb Alpert - Fandango ✔
• Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me
• Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars!
• Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
• Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!
• Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
• Iron Maiden - Life After Death
• Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
• Janet Jackson - Control ✔ (Amber)
• Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 ✔ (Amber)
• Joan Armatrading - The Shouting Stage
• Joe Jackson - Blaze of Glory
• Joe Jackson - Body And Soul
• Joe Jackson - Night and Day ✔ (Amber)
• Joe Lynn - Turner Rescue You
• Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien ✔ (Amber)
• Joe Walsh - The Confessor
• John Denver - Greatest Hits
• John Hiatt - Bring the Family
• John Hiatt - Slow Turning
• John Lennon - Milk & Honey
• John Lennon - The John Lennon Collection
• John Mellencamp - Uh-huh
• Joni Mitchel - Wild Things Run Fast
• Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
• K.D. Lang - Shadowland
• Keith Jarrett - My Song
• Lee Ritenour - Portrait (Amber)
• Level 42 - World Machine
• Linda Ronstadt - For Sentimental Reasons
• Linda Thompson - One Clear Moment
• Lou Reed - Transformer (Amber)
• Lovin' Spoonful - Anthology
• Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
• Marianne Faithful - A Child's Adventure ✔
• Meat Puppets - Huevos
• Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll
• Mr. Mister - Welcome To The Real World
• Neil Young - Everbody's Rockin
• Neil Young - Trans
• NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
• OMD - The Pacific Age
• Outlaws - Ghost Riders
• Pat Methany Group - American Garage ✔ (Amber)
• Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
• Pat Metheny - Offramp
• Paul McCartney - Press to Play ✔ (Amber)
• Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (12")
• Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
• Pere Ubu - The Art of Walking
• Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
• Peter Gabriel - Security
• Peter Gabriel - So ✔ (Amber)
• Planet P Project - Planet P Project
• Poco - Legacy
• Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
• Prince - Controversy
• Prince - Purple Rain
• Prism - Small Change
• R.E.M. - Chronic Town
• R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office ✔ (Green)
• R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant ✔ (Amber)
• R.E.M. - Murmer ✔ (Amber)
• Richard Carpenter - Time
• Robert Palmer - Pride
• Robert Palmer - Riptide ✔ (Amber)
• Robyn Hitchcock - Globe of Frogs
• Roger Hodgson - Hai Hai
• Roger Hodgson - In the Eye of the Storm ✔
• Rolling Stones - 12x5
• Rosie Vela - Zazu
• Rush - Signals ✔ (Purple)
• Rush - Power Windows ✔ (Amber)
• Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
• Sergio Mendes - Brasil '86
• Sergio Mendes - Confetti
• Sonny Rollins - On Impulse!
• Southside Johnny & The Jukes - In The Heat
• Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits
• Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life (Brown)
• Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (Brown)
• Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun ✔ (Amber)
• Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles ✔ (Green)
• Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
• Sun Ra - Blue Delight
• Supertramp - ...Famous Last Words... ✔ (Purple)
• Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound ✔ (Amber)
• Supertramp - Crime of the Century
• Supertramp - Free As a Bird ✔ (Amber)
• Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing ✔ (Amber)
• Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It (12") (Amber)
• Talking Heads - Fear of Music
• Talking Heads - More Songs About....
• Talking Heads - Remain in Light
• Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense ✔ (Amber)
• Talking Heads - The Name of this Band is....
• The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me
• The Feelies - Only Life
• The Feelies - The Good Earth
• The Feelies - Time For a Witness
• The Fixx - Walkabout (1986)
• The Long Ryders - vNative Sons_
• The Monkees - Best of Monkees-Then and Now
• The Police - Regatta de Blanc ✔ (Amber - Japan Pressing w/Obi)
• The Police - Synchronicity ✔ (Purple)
• The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
• The Searchers - Love's Melodies
• The Smithereens - Especially for You
• The Smiths - The Queen is Dead ✔ (Amber)
• The Swimming Pool Q's - Blue Tomorrow (1986,Amber)
• The Who - It's Hard
• Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
• TLC - Crazysexycool
• Tom Petty - Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) ✔ (Amber)
• Tom Petty - Long After Dark
• Tom Petty - Southern Accents
• Tom Verlaine - Cover
• Tom Verlaine - Dreamtime
• Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman ✔ (Green)
• Triumph - Allied Forces
• Triumph - Thunder Seven
• U2 - The Joshua Tree ✔ (Amber)
• U2 - War
• Val Young - Seduction
• Van Halen - 1984
• Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
• Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas
• Willy DeVille - Miracle
• XTC - Oranges and Lemons
• Yellowjackets - Mirage a Trois
• Yellowjackets - Samurai Samba
• Yoko Ono - It's Alright (I See Rainbows) ✔ (Amber)
• Yoko Ono - Season of Glass (1981)
• Yoko Ono - Starpeace ✔ (Green)
• ZZ Top - Eliminator (1983)

Quiex II or "Quiex-like" vinyl appears black at first glance, but its translucence is revealed when held up to a bright light source. Quiex pressings are generally considered to be higher quality, but SQ varies. Quiex was a harder, purer vinyl (i.e. 'virgin vinyl') primarily used on WEA (Warner, Elektra, Atlantic) and A&M "first run" or promotional releases, but it does show up on other labels and regular releases as well. The Quiex era in the USA started in 1981 and ended in 1991. Color is typically amber/brown but may appear red, green or purple depending on the release or light source. The album cover may or may not include a black Quiex II oval-shaped sticker. Many titles are so-called "secret" Quiex pressings. These are translucent and were pressed during the Quiex era, but were not promoted (with cover stickers) as audiophile-grade pressings. Although Quiex pressings are somewhat limited, they are not uncommon. Many titles were pressed on both regular black vinyl and translucent Quiex vinyl, even in the same release year. Collectibility of Quiex vinyl is debated on Hoffman, Discogs and other music forums. Many claim they are just variations in the manufacturing process or that the use of Quiex doesn't significantly enhance the listening experience. It's a mixed bag in my experience. I have Quiex pressings that definitely sound superior, and others that do not.

Sources:

-Own Collection

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