Toto – Toto IV [Stereo] (Speakers Corner Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from an analog tape copy by Maarten De Boer at Emil Berliner Studios.

(Note: Although advertised as “made from the original, analogue mastertapes,” this edition is almost certainly cut from a copy tape that was sent to Europe and used to cut the original European pressings and then stored afterward in Europe. By this point, Sony had stopped sending out original analog master tapes anywhere other than Sterling Sound (back when Sterling was still based in New York City).)

"It was due or die for Toto on the group's fourth album, and they rose to the challenge. Largely dispensing with anonymous studio rock that had characterized their first three releases, the band worked harder on its melodies, made sure its simple lyrics treated romantic subjects, augmented Bobby Kimball's vocals by having other group members sing, brought in ringers like Timothy B. Schmit, and slowed down the tempo to what came to be known as 'power ballad' pace. Most of all, they wrote some hit songs." – All Music Guide

(Above description from AcousticSounds.com)