Questions about Talk That Talk and Luck Devils

[PenguinHead]

I just got the german only release of Rick Vito's album Talk That Talk, and I have a few questions.

First, the mix sounds a little strange - not sure how to describe it, but is sounds a little fuzzy. At first I thought it might be a problem with the disc, but then maybe that was diliberate intention for it to sound that way. I'm a little confused about it.

Second, I also just got Lucky Devils. I was surprised to see that the back of the inside cover, over the picture is a hand-written message that says: To Johnny S. with thanks, your pal, Rick.

Do I actually have authentic hand-written autograph from Rick, or did this appear printed on all the of Lucky Devil cds? Am I a lucky devil?