LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, Album II USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP FREE SHIPPING

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Loudon Wainwright III – Album II  Label: Atlantic – SD 8291 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing Country: US Released: 1971 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk, Folk Rock A1 Me And My Friend The Cat 3:16 A2 Motel Blues 2:43 A3 Nice Jewish Girls 2:02 A4 Be Careful, There's A Baby In The House 3:17 A5a I Know I'm Unhappy 0:47 A5b Suicide Song 1:00 A5c Glenville Reel 1:16 A6 Saw Your Name In The Paper 2:07 B1 Samson And The Warden 2:59 B2 Plane, Too 3:05 B3 Cook That Dinner, Dora 2:00 B4 Old Friend 2:52 B5 Old Paint Arranged By – Loudon Wainwright III Harmonica – Saul Broudy Vocals – Kate McGarrigle Written-By – Traditional 3:46 B6 Winter Song 3:26 Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Made By – Shorewood Packaging Published By – Frank Music Corp. Recorded At – Intermedia Sound, Boston Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios Pressed By – Presswell Design – Haig Adishian Engineer [Recording & Re-mix] – Michael Leary Lacquer Cut By – GP* Photography By [Backliner] – Andrew Wainwright, Milton Kramer Photography By [Cover] – Peter Hujar Producer – Loudon Wainwright III (tracks: A2 to A5b, A6 to B2, B4 to B6), Milton Kramer (tracks: A1, A5c, B3) Songwriter [All Songs Were Written By] – Loudon Wainwright III (tracks: A1 to B4, B6)

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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.