CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Chicago Transit Authority USA 2nd pressing Exc- 2LP

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Chicago Transit Authority – Chicago Transit Authority Label: Columbia – GP 8, Columbia – CS 9809, Columbia – CS 9836 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Santa Maria, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul Style: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Funk A1 Introduction 6:35 A2 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 4:33 A3 Beginnings 7:58 B1 Questions 67 And 68 5:04 B2 Listen 3:22 B3 Poem 58 8:37 C1 Free Form Guitar 6:53 C2 South California Purples 6:10 C3 I'm A Man Written-By – J. Miller*, S. Winwood* 7:40 D1 Prologue, August 29, 1968 Written-By – J. W. Guercio* 0:57 D2 Someday, August 29, 1968 4:13 D3 Liberation 15:41 Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Bass, Lead Vocals – Peter Cetera Cover [Art], Design [Sign] – Nick Fasciano Drums – Daniel Seraphine Engineer – Fred Catero Guitar, Lead Vocals – Terry Kath Keyboards, Lead Vocals – Robert Lamm Producer, Liner Notes – James William Guercio Trombone, Arranged By [Brass] – James Pankow Trumpet, Backing Vocals – Lee Loughnane Woodwind, Backing Vocals – Walter Parazaider Written-By – James Pankow (tracks: D2, D3), Robert Lamm (tracks: A2 to B3, C2, D2), Terry Kath (tracks: A1, C1) Pressing variation Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Gatefold re-pressing, red labels with black text with "6 Eyes" Columbia logo around the perimeter

USA SECOND PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES.

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

DISCS: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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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