QUEEN, Greatest Hits USA Excellent- LP with David Bowie Under Pressure

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Queen – Greatest Hits  Label: Elektra – 5E-564 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Repress, Carrollton Pressing Country: US Released: 1981 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock Tracklist A1 Queen– Another One Bites The Dust 3:33 A2 Queen– Bohemian Rhapsody 5:55 A3 Queen– Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:42 A4 Queen– Killer Queen 3:00 A5 Queen– Fat Bottomed Girls 3:22 A6 Queen– Bicycle Race 3:00 A7 Queen & David Bowie– Under Pressure 4:06 B1 Queen– We Will Rock You 2:00 B2 Queen– We Are The Champions 2:59 B3 Queen– Flash 2:47 B4 Queen– Somebody To Love 4:55 B5 Queen– You're My Best Friend 2:50 B6 Queen– Keep Yourself Alive 3:30 B7 Queen– Play The Game 3:28 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Columbia House Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records Published By – Queen Music Ltd. Published By – Beechwood Music Corp. Published By – Glenwood Music Corp. Published By – Bewlay Bros. Music Published By – Fleur Music Ltd. Published By – Wide Music Inc. Credits Co-producer – Mike Stone (tracks: B1, B2) Design [Sleeve] – Cream (7) Photography By – Snowdon* Producer – Brian May (tracks: B3), David Bowie (tracks: A7), John Anthony (tracks: B6), Mack (2) (tracks: A1, A3, B3, B7), Queen (tracks: A1 to A7, B1, B2, B4, B5, B7, B8), Roy Thomas Baker (tracks: A2, A4 to A6, B5, B6) Written-By – May* (tracks: A5, B1, B3, B6), Bowie* (tracks: A7), Mercury* (tracks: A2 to A4, A6, B2, B4, B7), Deacon* (tracks: A1, B5), Queen (tracks: A7) Notes Pressing Plant Variation to Queen - Greatest Hits LP housed in info sleeve containing discography of singles.

USA RECORD CLUB PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, STILL IN OPEN SHRINK WRAP, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS 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.  

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