Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory-Indie Exclusive One-Step Vinyl Audiophile LP

Linkin Park — Hybrid Theory

Because Sound Matters One-Step pressing

192/24 files from the original master tape

Mastered for vinyl by Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Studios

Limited to 3,000 numbered copies

One-Step plating and pressing on 180-gram high-definition vinyl at RTI

Stoughton Printing Old Style tip-on jacket with original artwork

One-Step metal plating produces the ultimate vinyl pressing.

Because Sound Matters' meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive sounding audiophile version of an album — and the first release from Because Sound Matters One-Step is Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory.

Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, was originally released October 24, 2000, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200. The release has gone on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide and is 12x platinum-selling in the U.S.

Produced by Don Gilmore and mixed by Andy Wallace, seven of the album's 12 songs received alternative and rock radio airplay with "One Step Closer," "Crawling," and "Papercut" being Chart Toppers while "In The End" was a multi-format No. 1 hit including Top 40! "Crawling" won a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Hard Rock Performance. Hybrid Theory is one of the best-selling debut records of all time!

Because Sound Matters One-Step of Hybrid Theory is strictly limited to 3,000 copies. The album is housed inside a top quality, foil-stamped, uniquely designed slipcase. The enclosed gatefold single LP will feature a Stoughton Printing Old Style tip-on jacket with original artwork and have printed details regarding the entire One-Step process.

Special care has been taken to faithfully preserve the original sound with exceptional clarity and depth, capturing the recording's nuances and subtleties at every step to create the best sounding record possible.

BSM One-Step Details:

• Audio Source: 192/24 files From Original Master Tapes

• Vinyl Compound: Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Definition Vinyl

• Vinyl Mastering: Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Studios

• One-Step Process: Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.

• Pressing: Record Technology, Inc.

• Packaging & Print: Stoughton Printing Company

Features:

• Audiophile / Super Fan One-Step Process creating the definitive sounding version of Hybrid Theory

• Limited Edition, numbered to 3,000 copies — strict one time pressing

• Album housed inside a top quality, uniquely designed and branded Because Sound Matters slipcase. The slipcase will feature foil stamping, include a Stoughton Printing Old Style tip-on jacket with original artwork and have printed details in full transparency regarding the One-Step process.

• Meticulous care taken to faithfully preserve the original sound with exceptional clarity and depth, capturing the recordings nuances and subtleties at every step to create the best sounding record possible.

• Hype sticker has a QR code in order for consumers to quickly access more information about the One-Step process and explore content specific to Hybrid Theory.

1. Side A

1. Papercut2. 2. One Step Closer3. 3. With You4. 4. Points of Authority5. 5. Crawling6. 6. Runaway7.

Side B

1. By Myself8. 2. In The End9. 3. A Place For My Head10. 4. Forgotten11. 5. Cure For The Itch12. 6. Pushing Me Away