Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
I think it was the first album to be digitally recorded and they were getting to grips with the technology and didnt get it quite right. !

According to Wikipedia 'The album was the first digitally recorded major-label album in popular music', not the first digital recording ever made or released.

I doubt the engineers had no experience at all with the equipment but agree they could still have been getting to grips with it.