Linking Park will release a limited edition “One-Step” audiophile vinyl for Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003), Minutes To Midnight (2007) and The Hunting Party (2014) via Warner Records.
The new vinyl releases mark the launch of “Because Sound Matters One-Step,” a series of high-quality audiophile vinyl. Each release includes the original album artwork and details of the audio sourcing and processing and is housed in a newly designed slipcase. Following these releases, audiophile versions of albums by The Flaming Lips and other artists will be available later this year. The Linkin Park “One-Step” releases will be single LP limited edition pressings on 180-gram black vinyl, numbered to 3,000. All three titles will be available on August 9th.
Color vinyl variants for Hybrid Theory, Meteora, and The Hunting Party will also be available on July 26th. Hybrid Theory will be available on single LP translucent yellow vinyl via Best Buy, Meteora on single LP gold and red splatter vinyl, and The Hunting Party on 2 LP translucent light blue vinyl.
- Hybrid Theory was Linkin Park’s groundbreaking debut, and the best-selling album of 2001 in the U.S. It featuring the iconic singles such as “In The End,” “One Step Closer,” “Papercut,” and “Crawling”.
- Meteora, the band’s sophomore release, contained the tracks “Somewhere I Belong,” “Faint,” and “Numb,” which has been streamed over five billion times. The album topped the Billboard 200 and has earned eight-time platinum status in the US.
- Minutes To Midnight, the band’s third studio album (and first with producer Rick Rubin), went multi-platinum and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. It features the hit songs “What I’ve Done,” “Shadow Of The Day,” and “Bleed It Out.”
- The Hunting Party featured several guest collabs from Daron Malakian (System of a Down), Page Hamilton (Helmet), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave) and Rakim.
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