BEATLES, Abbey Road [Apple] UK 1981 pressing Excellent- LP

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The Beatles – Abbey Road Label: Apple Records – PCS 7088 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: UK Released: 1981 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Come Together Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney A2 Something Written-By – Harrison* Written-By – Harrison* A3 Maxwell's Silver Hammer Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney A4 Oh! Darling Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney A5 Octopus's Garden Written-By – Starkey* Written-By – Starkey* A6 I Want You (She's So Heavy) Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B1 Here Comes The Sun Written-By – Harrison* Written-By – Harrison* B2 Because Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B3 You Never Give Me Your Money Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B4 Sun King Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B5 Mean Mr. Mustard Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B6 Polythene Pam Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B7 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B8 Golden Slumbers Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B9 Carry That Weight Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B10 The End  Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney B11 Her Majesty Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Written-By – Lennon-McCartney Companies, etc. Published By – Northern Songs Published By – Harrisongs Published By – Startling Music Credits Engineer [Uncredited] – Geoff Emerick, Phillip McDonald* Mastered By [Uncredited] – HTM* Photography By – Iain Macmillan Producer – George Martin Notes Non-laminated cover 'Her Majesty' track title is on the Side 2 label only.  "An E.M.I. Recording" Manufactured in U.K. Drain cover shown on zebra crossing.  

UK 1981 APPLE PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH GENERIC POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: YEX 749 - 4  /  SIDE B:  YEX 750 - 3 HTM.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A: 2 / HP.  SIDE B:  1 / PM.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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