David Bowie ‎– "Heroes"

If anyone is willing to sell one of these, message me.

Can anyone help, there seems to be lots of David Bowie heroes albums US that have a cut in the top corner, can onions explain why.
Many thank
Gaz

avoid this if possible bad crackle sound all the way through

I have a pressing that matches the label description here (etched matrix numbers A: A4AAU PL12522-A-3E B: A2 PL12522-B-6E) but cover and lyric sheet match description for 1977 UK issues.

My experience with this release: high surface noise, rough raw sound without details, typical cheap (insensitive) remastering on 180 grams of plastics. A million miles away from warm sound of real vinyl.

Solid replacement. I put this one into the box set and set the "bad" copy aside. Mine sounds pretty darn clean and perfect

Does anyone have a copy like mine - that has side A and B labels on wrong side?

I have mixed feelings : it's very different from my previous experience with this album.
It's very bass heavy, sometimes even too much. The synthetic "ticklinnes" of the original mastering is nonexistent : you really have to love this overly warm and flat sound, because that's what you get with these recent reissues.
I'm not sure if it was a real intention : Visconti or not, it's a radical departure from the trademark sound (and quite a shocking one to be honest).

I can confirm that the replacement record is the exact same as the retail version, same matrix info.