INCREDIBLE STRING BAND The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Monarch USA 1st press LP

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The Incredible String Band – The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Label: Elektra – EKS-74021 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MON Country: US Released: Mar 1968 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock Tracklist A1 Koeeoaddi There 4:41 A2 The Minotaur's Song 3:18 A3 Witches Hat 2:30 A4 A Very Cellular Song 12:55 B1 Mercy I Cry City 2:40 B2 Waltz Of The New Moon 5:01 B3 The Water Song 2:41 B4 Three Is A Green Crown 7:40 B5 Swift As The Wind 4:50 B6 Nightfall 2:29 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London Mixed At – Sound Techniques, London Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. Produced For – Witchseason Productions Ltd. Copyright © – Paradox Music (3) Credits Art Direction – William S. Harvey Harp – David Snell (2) Mastered By [Runout Etch] – AL* Organ [Flute Organ], Piano – Dolly Collins Photography By – Iain Skinner* Producer – Joe Boyd Recorded By, Mixed By – Joe Boyd, John Wood Vocals – Judy Dyble (tracks: A2), Richard Thompson (tracks: A2) Vocals, Finger Cymbals – Licorice McKechnie Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Mandolin, Harmonica – Robin Williamson Vocals, Sitar, Organ [Hammond], Guitar, Dulcimer [Hammered], Harpsichord – Mike Heron (2) Written-By – Heron* (tracks: A4, B1, B5), Williamson* (tracks: A1 to A3, B4 to B4, B6) Notes All compositions © copyright Paradox Music Monarch pressing with STEREO, side A/B and cat.nr. EKS74021 A/B on right side only. Includes Custom Lyric/credit insert  

USA GOLD LABEL MONARCH FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH INSERT AND ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: EKS 74021 A - MON - Z v2 (MR) /  SIDE B: EKS 74021 B - MON - B (MR).

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER BUMPS, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  INSERT VERY GOOD+ WITH ONE CORNER CREASE.  INNER SLEEVE HAS SELLOTAPE SEAM REPAIRS.

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