BILLY JOEL, Souvenir WHITE LABEL PROMO USA EXCELLENT- LP

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  Billy Joel ?– Souvenir Label: Columbia ?– AS 326, Family Productions ?– AS 326 Format: Vinyl, LP, Promo, Sampler  Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock Tracklist A1 The Ballad Of Billy The Kid 5:00 A2 Summer, Highland Falls 3:00 A3 New York State Of Mind 10:07 A4 Souvenir 2:00 B1 The Entertainer 3:40 B2 I've Loved These Days 4:33 B3 Captain Jack 7:14 B4 Los Angelenos 3:41 B5 Say Goodbye To Hollywood 4:37 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Recorded At – Palmer Auditorium Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Manufactured By – Columbia Records Record Company – CBS Inc. Credits Illustration – Ron Levine Notes Promotional-only release by Columbia Records in 1977 to promote Billy's pre-The Stranger songs.  Side 1: These selections were recorded live December 5th and 6th, 1976 at Palmer Auditorium, University of Connecticut at New London during the live video taping of "Billy Joel Tonight." Side 2:  - The Entertainer (From the Columbia Lp, "Streetlife Serenade" PC 33146) - I've Loved These Days (From The Columbia Lp, "Turnstiles" Pc 33848) - Captain Jack (From the Columbia Lp, "Piano Man" PC 32544 - Los Angelenos (From The Columbia Lp, "Streetlife Serenade" PC 33146) - Say Goodbye to Hollywood (From The Columbia Lp, "Turnstiles" PC33848) Pressed on Columbia's white promo labels, which state "Demonstration - Not For Sale" at the bottom, as well as on the front jacket. These were distributed mainly to radio stations, clubs, and fan clubs in the US and were were not sold in stores.
This album was counterfeited.   Genuine copies, such as this one, have:
- Lower right corner on the front cover, the Columbia "eye" insignia is sharp and clear with no blurriness.
- The "Ron Levine" signature on the cover art is sharp and clear.
- On the spine, the "AS 326" is sharp and clear, and the slanted lines next to this are clean.
- The cardboard on genuine copies is firm and fairly thick; yielding a good, flat spine.
- Inside sleeve is a natural, grayish brown cardboard. 
 

USA WHITE LABEL PROMO VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  P XSM160937-1B   /  SIDE B: P XSM160938-1A   2 A.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.  DISC POSSIBLY NEVER PLAYED.

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.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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