DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Layla VG++ 1970 2LP Atco SD2-704 1ST PRESS MONARCH CLAPTON
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Vinyl: VG++ Play Graded. Sounds Great! Nice gloss on vinyl. Has some marks that don't affect the sound quality. Atco Labels are Clean and Bright. This is the Original 1970 Atco 1st Pressing! SD 2-704. This is the audiophile acclaimed pressing, Mastered by Al Brown at Atlantic Records and Pressed at Monarch Record Mfg. Corp., of Los Angeles, CA!! One of the Greatest Rock Albums Ever!!! With an infectious blend of Gospel, R&B, Country Blues, and Good Ol' Rock 'N Roll, this album brought together two of the greatest guitarists ever for one of the hottest sets ever: Duane Allman and Eric Clapton!! Plus, you've also got Delaney & Bonnie's rhythm band: Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, Bobby Whitlock...Epic. Crucial. Rock 'N Roll Heaven in 68 minutes...Robert Christgau gives it an "A+"...and he suffers no fools!! Read his reviews, they're often outrageous when he's dissing a record... :) One of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time!!! all music gives it 5 stars!!!
Review Below!
In the dead wax: Side 1: ST.C.702043-BB MO MR ((Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA)) AT ((Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC)) "delta" 15369 (3X) aB ((Mastered by Al Brown)) W
Side 2: ST.C.702044-BB MO MR ((Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA)) AT ((Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC)) "delta" 15369-X aB ((Mastered by Al Brown)) W
Side 3: ST.C.702045-BB MO MR ((Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA)) AT ((Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC)) "delta" 15404 (3X) aB ((Mastered by Al Brown)) W
Side 4: ST.C.702046-CC MO MR ((Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA)) AT ((Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC)) "delta" 15404-X (2) aB ((Mastered by Al Brown)) W
Cover: VG+ (see photos) Nice gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with some shelf and ring wear. Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, with minor wear. No splits. No writing. Spine print is crystal clear.
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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.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Wishing to escape the superstar expectations that sank Blind Faith before it was launched, Eric Clapton retreated with several sidemen from Delaney & Bonnie to record the material that would form Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. From these meager beginnings grew his greatest album. Duane Allman joined the band shortly after recording began, and his spectacular slide guitar pushed Clapton to new heights. Then again, Clapton may have gotten there without him, considering the emotional turmoil he was in during the recording. He was in hopeless, unrequited love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison, and that pain surges throughout Layla, especially on its epic title track. But what really makes Layla such a powerful record is that Clapton, ignoring the traditions that occasionally painted him into a corner, simply tears through these songs with burning, intense emotion. He makes standards like "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out)" into his own, while his collaborations with Bobby Whitlock -- including "Any Day" and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" -- teem with passion. And, considering what a personal album Layla is, it's somewhat ironic that the lovely coda "Thorn Tree in the Garden" is a solo performance by Whitlock, and that the song sums up the entire album as well as "Layla" itself.
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