EMITT RHODES S/T VG++ PLAY GRADED 1970 Dunhill DS-50089 1ST PRESS MONARCH

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Vinyl:  VG++ Play Graded. Sounds Great!  Dunhill Labels are Clean.  This is the 1970 Dunhill 1st Pressing!  DS 50089.  This is the definitive variant, the audiophile acclaimed pressing, pressed at Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA!  An Underappreciated Gem!  Emitt Rhodes is one of those transcendent artists, who also transcends eras:  he could easily be on the current scene and would fit in with the Indie artists of today.  Insights a-plenty from this underrated oracle's definitive statement.   allmusic gives it 4 1/2 stars!!!     See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax: Side 1:   DS 50089 A  ((surrounded by scrollwork))   RECORDED AT HOME  ((Surrounded with decorative scrollwork))  MR ((With a circle around it, for Monarch Records Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA))   "delta" 15356 Side 2:  DS 50089 B ((surrounded by scrollwork))  MR ((with a circle around it))  "delta" 15356-X    KDCBHBER?  ((surrounded by scrollwork))


Cover: VG++ (see photos)
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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 Matthew Greenwald

Although it probably wasn't meant as such, this self-titled album is Emitt Rhodes' definitive statement. Soon after disbanding the Merry-Go-Round (of "Live" fame), Rhodes scored a solo deal with Dunhill. Rather than recording with a band or using studio musicians (which he did with his first "solo" album American Dream), the multi-instrumentalist decided to build a small, primitive home studio and record the entire affair there, "At Home." The results are, in a word, staggering. Tracks such as "With My Face on the Floor," "Someone Made For Me," and the entire album as a whole showcase Rhodes' genius, and in the end, the songs are probably what most Beatles-maniacs wanted to hear from Paul McCartney's debut album. Rhodes' individuality shines through despite this; the album is a true classic of the period.