EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, Brain Salad Surgery [with poster] USA 1st pressing LP

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery  Label: Manticore – MC 66669, Manticore – MS 66669 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Specialty Pressing Country: US Released: Dec 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock A1 Jerusalem Arranged By – Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lyrics By – Blake* Music By – Parry* 2:41 A2 Toccata Arranged By – Keith Emerson Percussion [Movement] – Carl Palmer 7:16 A3 Still....You Turn Me On Written-By – Lake* 2:50 A4 Benny The Bouncer Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*, Sinfield* 2:15 Karn Evil 9 A5 1st Impression - Part 1 Lyrics By – Lake*, Sinfield* Music By – Emerson* Vocals – Emerson* Written-By – Lake* 8:39 B1 1st Impression - Part 2 Written-By – Lake*, Emerson* 4:43 B2 2nd Impression Written-By – Emerson* 7:05 B3 3rd Impression Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*, Sinfield* 9:05 Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Manticore Records Ltd. Copyright © – Manticore Records Ltd. Published By – Manticore Music Ltd. Published By – Boosey & Hawkes Mastered At – Atlantic Studios Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Artwork – H.R. Giger* Engineer – Chris Kimsey, Geoff Young Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Accordion, Synthesizer [Moog] – Keith Emerson Percussion, Synthesizer [Percussion] – Carl Palmer Producer, Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Greg Lake Original pressings were packaged in a die-cut fold-out jacket with a poster

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN DIE-CUT SLEEVE WITH POSTER AND ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ST-MC-732991-F [SRC logo]1-3 AT; SIDE B: ST-MC-732992-F [SRC logo]1-2 AT.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS AND FINGERPRINTS. 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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