RARE BIRD, Rare Bird USA 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP Sympathy
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Rare Bird ?– Rare Bird Label: Probe ?– CPLP-4514, ABC Records ?– CPLP-4514-S Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist A1 Beautiful Scarlet 5:23 A2 Sympathy 2:30 A3 Natures Fruit 2:32 A4 Bird On A Wing 4:13 A5 God Of War 5:08 B1 Iceberg 6:46 B2 Times 3:19 B3 You Went Away 4:17 B4 Melanie 3:27 Companies, etc. Published By – Stratt Songs, Ltd. Produced For – Tony Stratton Smith Records, Inc. Manufactured By – Grand Award Record Co., Inc. Record Company – ABC Records, Inc. Lacquer Cut At – Longwear Plating Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Credits Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals – Steve Gould Design [Liner] – Henry Epstein, William Duevell Drums, Timpani, Backing Vocals – Mark Ashton Electric Piano – David Kaffinetti* Illustration [Cover] – Robert Lo Grippo Organ – Graham Field Producer – John Anthony Written-By – Rare Bird
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER DRILL HOLE. CORNER BUMPS, STICKER MARK FRONT TOP RIGHT. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A TWO LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS ON SIDE ONE. 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.
On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant. The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.
THIS ITEM SHIPS FROM THE USA (We can ship anywhere in the world EXCEPT to Georgia, USA)
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