FOCUS, At The Rainbow UK 1st pressing Excellent LP Jan Akkerman Hocus Pocus

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Focus – At The Rainbow Label: Polydor – 2442118, Polydor – 2442-118 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Focus III Written-By – Thijs van Leer Written-By – Thijs van Leer A2 Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! Written-By – Bert Ruiter, Jan Akkerman Written-By – Bert Ruiter, Jan Akkerman A3 Focus II Written-By – Eric Cleuver, Thijs van Leer Written-By – Eric Cleuver, Thijs van Leer B1 Eruption (Excerpt) Concept By [Basic Musical Idea] – Thijs Van Leer Concept By [Basic Musical Idea] – Thijs Van Leer B1.i Orfeus Written-By – T. van Leer* Written-By – T. van Leer* B1.ii Answer Written-By – T. van Leer* Written-By – T. van Leer* B1.iii Orfeus Written-By – T. van Leer* Written-By – T. van Leer* B1.iv Answer Written-By – T. van Leer* Written-By – T. van Leer* B1.v Pupilla Written-By – T. van Leer* Written-By – T. van Leer* B1.vi Tommy Written-By – T. Barlache* Written-By – T. Barlache* B1.vii Pupilla Written-By – T. van Leer* Written-By – T. van Leer* B2 Hocus Pocus Written-By – Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer Written-By – Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer B3 Sylvia Written-By – Thijs van Leer Written-By – Thijs van Leer B4 Hocus Pocus (Reprise) Written-By – Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer Written-By – Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer Companies, etc. Recorded At – Rainbow Theatre London Recorded At – Pye Mobile Recording Unit Marketed By – Polydor Ltd. Mixed At – Air Studios Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd. Credits Art Direction – Ian Murray (4) Drums – Pierre Van Der Linden Engineer – Phil Dunne Engineer [Mix Down, Assistant] – Gareth Edwards Engineer [Mix Down] – John Punter Graphics [Type & Tints] – R.L. Lockwood* Guitar – Jan Akkerman Illustration – Ian Beck Photography By – Mike Putland* Producer, Mixed By [Mix-down] – Mike Vernon Vocals, Bass Guitar – Bert Ruiter Vocals, Organ, Flute – Thijs Van Leer Notes Marketed by Polydor Limited. Recorded at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Saturday 5th May 1973. Location Recording: Pye Studios Mobile Unit. Mix Down at Air Studios. Made in England. Sleeve printed and made in England by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, SE1. Triple foldout sleeve.   

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN TRI-FOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: 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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