CARLY SIMON, No Secrets Quadraphonic USA EXCELLENT- LP [You're So Vain]

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30

  Carly Simon ?– No Secrets Label: Elektra ?– EQ-5049 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Gatefold Sleeve  Country: US Released: 1973 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Pop Rock, Vocal Tracklist Hide Credits A1 The Right Thing To Do Arranged By [Strings And Horns], Conductor – Kirby Johnson Backing Vocals – Carly Simon, Liza Strike, Vicki Brown Bass – Jimmy Ryan (3) Congas – Ray Cooper Drums – Andy Newmark Piano – Carly Simon Written-By – Carly Simon A2 The Carter Family Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds], Conductor – Kirby Johnson Bass – Klaus Voorman* Drums – Andy Newmark Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Piano – Carly Simon Written-By – Carly Simon A3 You're So Vain Bass – Klaus Voorman* Drums – Jim Gordon Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Orchestrated By [Strings] – Paul Buckmaster Percussion – Richard Perry Piano, Arranged By [Strings] – Carly Simon Written-By – Carly Simon A4 His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin Acoustic Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Piano, Arranged By [Arp Synthesizer] – Carly Simon Synthesizer [Arp] – Dave Henshaw Written-By – Carly Simon A5 We Have No Secrets Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon, Paul Keough* Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – Kirby Johnson Bass – Klaus Voorman* Drums – Jim Gordon Electric Piano – Kirby Johnson Lead Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Written-By – Carly Simon B1 Embrace Me, You Child Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon Arranged By [Orchestra, Synthesizer And Choir], Conductor – Paul Buckmaster Bass – Klaus Voorman* Drums – Andy Newmark Electric Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Piano – Peter Robinson Written-By – Carly Simon B2 Waited So Long Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon Backing Vocals – Carly Simon, James Taylor (2) Bass – Klaus Voorman* Drums – Jim Keltner Electric Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Organ – Bill Payne Piano – Nicky Hopkins Slide Guitar – Lowell George Written-By – Carly Simon B3 It Was So Easy Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon, Paul Keough* Bass – Klaus Voorman* Drums – Andy Newmark Electric Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Written-By – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman B4 Night Owl Backing Vocals – Bonnie Bramlett, Doris Troy, Paul And Linda* Bass – Klaus Voorman* Congas – Ray Cooper Drums – Jim Keltner Electric Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Piano – Nicky Hopkins Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keys Vocals – Carly Simon Written-By – James Taylor (2) B5 When You Close Your Eyes Arranged By [Strings, Woodwinds And Synthesizer], Conductor – Paul Buckmaster Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Jimmy Ryan (3) Drums – Andy Newmark Piano – Carly Simon Written-By – Billy Mernit, Carly Simon Companies, etc. Recorded At – Trident Studios Remixed At – Sound Labs, Hollywood Remixed At – Air Studios Lacquer Cut At – The Mastering Lab Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN Credits Art Direction, Design – Robert L. Heimall Contractor – David Katz Engineer [At Trident Studios] – Robin Geoffrey Cable Engineer, Remix [At Soundlabs., La] – Bill Schnee Lacquer Cut By [Album credit] – Doug Sax Lacquer Cut By [Runout credit] – MY*  Mastered By – Darrell Johnson Photography By [Cover] – Ed Caraeff Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Peter Simon (5) Producer – Richard Perry Recorded By [Recordist] – Mark Berry Notes Quadradisc on butterfly label. LP housed in a special dust sleeve with Quad technical info and diagrams.  Recorded at Trident Studios, London Sept.-Oct., 1972 Remixed at: Sound Labs., Los Angeles Additional Remixing at Air Studios, London Stereo Disc Cutting The Mastering Lab Quadraphonic Mastering (CD-4) by JVC Cutting Center On the labels: ? 1973 by Elektra Records Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): EQ 5049-A-1 PRC MY 1-1 D PR X  Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): EQ 5049-B PRC MY 1-1 D PR X  

USA QUADRAPHONIC PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  TOP LEFT CORNER NOTCH CUT.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY 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.

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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