RINGO STARR, Ringo open shrink USA 1st press EXC LP You're 16/Photograph Beatles

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Ringo Starr ?– Ringo Label: Apple Records ?– SWAL-3413 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 02 Nov 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 I'm The Greatest Guitar – George Harrison Organ – Billy Preston Piano, Harmony Vocals [Harmony Vocal] – John Lennon Written-By – J. Lennon* 3:23 A2 Hold On Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar – Marc Bolan Horns – Tom Scott Percussion – Milt Holland Piano – James Booker Written-By – R. Newman* 3:43 A3 Photograph 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Harmony Vocals [Harmony Vocal] – George Harrison Acoustic Guitar – Jimmy Calvert, Vini Poncia Arranged By [Orchestra And Chorus] – Jack Nitzche* Drums – Jim Keltner Percussion – Derrek Van Eaton, Lon Van Eaton Piano – Nicky Hopkins Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keyes* Written-By – G. Harrison*, R. Starkey* 3:58 A4 Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) Accordion – Garth Hudson Backing Vocals – Vini Poncia Fiddle – Rick Danko Fiddle, Banjo – David Bromberg Guitar – Robbie Robertson Guitar, Backing Vocals – George Harrison Mandolin – Levon Helm Percussion – Ringo Starr Written-By – G. Harrison* 2:44 A5 You're Sixteen Backing Vocals – Harry Nilsson Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar – Jimmy Calvert, Vini Poncia Performer [Mouth Sax Solo] – Paul McCartney Piano – Nicky Hopkins Written-By – Richard Sherman*, Bob Sherman* 2:50 B1 Oh My My Arranged By [Horns] – Jim Horn, Tom Scott Backing Vocals – Martha Reeves, Merry Clayton Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar – Jimmy Calvert Piano, Organ – Billy Preston Saxophone – Tom Scott Vocals – Vini Poncia Written-By – R. Starkey*, V. Poncia* 4:17 B2 Step Lightly Acoustic Guitar – Jimmy Calvert Arranged By [Clarinets] – Tom Scott Electric Guitar – Steve Cropper Electric Piano – Nicky Hopkins Written-By – R. Starkey* 3:15 B3 Six O'Clock Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Vini Poncia Arranged By [Strings And Flutes] – Paul McCartney Backing Vocals – Linda McCartney Piano, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Paul McCartney Written-By – P. McCartney-L. McCartney* 5:26 B4 Devil Woman Arranged By [Horns] – Tom Scott Backing Vocals – Klaus Voormann, Richard Perry Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar – Jimmy Calvert Horns – Chuck Finley*, Tom Scott Percussion – Milt Holland Piano – Tom Hensley Written-By – R. Starkey*, V. Poncia* 4:01 B5 You And Me (Babe) Acoustic Guitar – Vini Poncia Arranged By [Horns] – Tom Scott Arranged By [Strings] – Jack Nitzche* Electric Guitar – George Harrison Electric Piano – Nicky Hopkins Marimba – Milt Holland Written-By – G. Harrison*, M. Evans* 4:58 Companies, etc. Mastered At – The Mastering Lab Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd. Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc. Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorded At – Apple Studios Credits Art Direction, Photography By – Barry Feinstein Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums, Vocals – Ringo Starr Engineer – Bill Schnee Painting – Tim Bruckner Producer – Richard Perry Notes Capitol, Winchester pressing denoted by -------? in runouts. Gatefold cover, issued with booklet including lyrics and lithographs by Klaus Voormann. 1974 issue, cover shows track A2 as Have You Seen My Baby in error. Track A2 listed correctly on record as Hold On. Printed in U.S.A. (P) 1973 EMI Records Ltd.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX: SWAL-1-3413-Z20 -------? TML / SWAL 2-3413- Z19 -------? TML

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK, SO GATEFOLD HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED. TWO INCH REAR SCUFF NEAR OPENING EDGE. BOOKLET EXCELLENT MINUS.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY 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.

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.

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