ng Accutrac The only turntable in the world thatlets you tell an LPwhich selections ‘you want to hear, the order you want to hear them in, even how many times you want to hear each one. Sounds like something out of the 21st century, doesn't it? Well, as a result of Accutrac's electro-optics, computer program ming and direct drive capabilities, you ‘can have it today. y __ Just imagine you want to yy year cuts 5, 3 and 7 in that order Maybe you even want to hear cut 3 twice, because it’s an old favorite Simply press buttons 5, 3, 3 again, then 7. Accutrac’s unique infra-red beam, located in the tonearm head, scans the record surface. Over the recorded portion the beam scatters but over the smooth surface between selections the infra-red light is reflected back to the tonearm, directing it to follow your instructions. What's more, it can do this by cordless remote control, even from across the room. ‘The arm your fingers never have to touch. Since Accuitrac’s tonearm is electroni- cally directed to the record, you never risk dropping the tonearmaccidently and scratch- ing a record, or damaging a stylus. And, since it cues electronically, too, you can interrupt your listening and then pick it up again in the same groove, within a ractionofa revolution. Eventhe best damped cue lever can't provide such accuracy. Or safety What you hear is as incredible as what you see. Because the Accutracservo-motor which drives the tonearmis decoupled the instant the stylus goes into play, both hori zontal and vertical friction are virtually elimi- nated. That means you get the most accurate tracking possible and the most faithful reproduction. You also get wow and flutter at a com- pletely inaudible 0.03% WRMS. Rumble at 70 dB (DINB). A tracking force of a mere 3/4.gram. And tonearm resonance at the ideal 8-10 Hz, The Accutrac 4000 system. When you see and hear what it can do, you'll never be satisified owning anything else. Its father was a turntable. Its mother wasa computer. The Accutrac'4000CHAIN MAIL Dear Heavy Metal Peop s, well, a bit European for my taste. 1 an, it was 1oo European, that’ all, It not only le French, it read Fre at’ wrong with Ameri riters and artists? Why n? Especially “Den: rong with “Den i what's wrong with 1 hole issue: much too Ew ropean. But I liked it considering Ronnie Stall Lawrence De: First the V n rips off M Long Island, Keep your eye apple ie. Is next.-Bd Dear Heavy: Met Loved your April issue. It was a real trip? Particularly Den” and “Space Punk unpot” What How | draw that strip od that one m that must go into Michael Olins Los Angeles, Ca When queried Diag The Greeks drink Metaxa straight, eA ABET CME CEU Eb Gt WOCEE RS ey Ra aN eee ea CRO UCeet Except to say that it's definitely not one of your kid-glove Clem Un ZarCcs Veco mien know it. And you won't forget it Metaxa comes from Greece, where Coser rte nite! by the fistful. Or sometimes eee er ea F eerie coon Vitor a Gods and Warriors. And Men who can handle itConquering Armies, by 30 61 69 yes) 7 85 89bert E. Howard, creator of “Conan the Barbarian?’ lived for awhile in the world we imagine, then returned to the Hyperborian Age. By the traces he left behind, we know he was no dream. Among those traces were poems and verse visions of possible places and impossible emotions, which have been collected in a forthcom- ing book called Night Images: Enclosed please find Heavy Metal #3, which features six pages from that book, with illustrations by the incomparable Richard Corben, author-illustrator of “Den Heavy Metal is not so much a way of life as a magazine. There are those who wish to know whether or not this is some kind of joke. We wish them well in their philosophical pursuits. When they are done with Heavy Meral, they can start in on life. 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MARY OF THE ANGELS.” ROM THERE, THE EMPEROR syaan | HIMSELF DREW 115 BLACK LEGION- | WAIRED FROM THERE, THE RICH | MERCHANTS BOUGHT THEIR BODY- GUARDS — AND FROW THERE, OTHERS: // SMATCHeD The OBTECTS OF THEIR / © DESIRES, BECAUSE, IN TRUTH, "ST MARY OF THE ANGELS" WAS, UNDER THE LAW'S WINKING Eye ', AN ACTUAL SLAVE MARKET, A PLACE OF TERROR, A STAIN DARKER THAW EVEN THE VOID OF THE KWOWN vaoT 5 POLI- TICIANS, MURDERERS, THOSE WHO HA OMLY COMMITTED THE CRIME OF RAISING THEE VOICES AGAINGT OPPRESSION. ALL ENDURED THIS APPALLING INCARCER- ATION. SUICIDE WAS IMPOSSIBLE THERE BUT.b WORTH TAKING THE CHANCEHEAVY METAL 95RAY BRADBURY RICHARD CORBEN HARLAN ELLISON, FRANK FRAZETTA URSULA LE GUN, MICHAEL MOORCOCK IRR. TOLKIEN