MIKE OLDFIELD, Tubular Bells [w/hype sticker] USA original pressing LP

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Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells  Label: Virgin – VR 13-105 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, RI Country: US Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock, Experimental A1 Tubular Bells (Part 1) Chorus [Girlie] – Mundy Ellis, Sally Oldfield Chorus [Nasal] – Nasal Choir Double Bass [String Basses] – Lindsay Cooper* Flute [Flutes] – Jon Field MC [Master Of Ceremonies] – Viv Stanshall* Piano [Grand, Honky Tonk], Glockenspiel [Glokenspiel], Organ [Farfisa, Lowrey], Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar [Speed, Mandolin-like, Fuzz], Electronics [Taped Motor Drive Amplifier Organ Chord], Percussion [Assorted], Acoustic Guitar, Flageolet, Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield 25:00 B1 Tubular Bells (Part 2) Chorus [Bootleg] – Manor Chior conducted by Mike Oldfield* Chorus [Girlie] – Mundy Ellis, Sally Oldfield Drums – Steve Broughton (Courtesy Harvest)* Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars], Organ [Farfisa, Lowrey, Hammond], Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars], Piano, Guitar [Speed Elec., Sounding Like Bagpipes, Spanish], Timpani [Concert Tympani], Vocals [Piltdown Man], Chorus [Moribund] – Mike Oldfield 23:50 Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd. Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd. Recorded At – The Manor Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN Published By – Virgin Music Composed By – Mike Oldfield Design [Sleeve Design], Photography By – Trevor Key Sound Designer [Sound] – Mike Oldfield, Simon Heyworth, Tom Newman (2)

USA EARLY GEORGE PIROS PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS THAT NEED CLEANING OFF BEFORE FIRST PLAY. 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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