RARE BIRD, Rare Bird USA MONARCH 1st pressing LP Sympathy
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Rare Bird – Rare Bird Label: Probe – CPLP-4514, Command – CPLP-4514 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: Jan 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock A1 Beautiful Scarlet 5:23 A2 Sympathy 2:30 A3 Nature's 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 Record Company – ABC Records, Inc. Manufactured By – Grand Award Record Co., Inc. Published By – Stratt Songs, LTD. Produced For – Tony Stratton Smith Records, Inc. Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △14456 Mastered At – Longwear Plating Producer – John Anthony
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. SMALL CORNER PIN HOLE. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME HAIRLINES AND SOME FINGERPRINTS THAT NEED CLEANING OFF PRIOR TO 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.
- 1. USA IS $6.99 FOR ANY AMOUNT OF LPs PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME.
- 2. INTERNATIONAL BY EBAY
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