ROLLING STONES, Between The Buttons STEREO USA 1st/early pressing Excellent- LP

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The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons Label: London Records – PS 499 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MCA Press Country: US Released: Feb 11, 1967 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Rock & Roll A1 Let's Spend The Night Together 3:29 A2 Yesterdays' Papers 2:20 A3 Ruby Tuesday 3:12 A4 Connection 2:13 A5 She Smiled Sweetly 2:42 A6 Cool, Calm & Collected 4:15 B1 All Sold Out 2:15 B2 My Obsession 3:20 B3 Who's Been Sleeping Here? 3:51 B4 Complicated 3:18 B5 Miss Amanda Jones 2:48 B6 Something Happened To Me Yesterday 4:58 Record Company – London Records, Inc. Lacquer Cut At – Bell Sound Studios Arranged By – The Rolling Stones Artwork [Liner Drawings] – Charlie Watts Photography By – Gered Mankowitz Producer – Andrew Loog Oldham Written By – Keith Richards Written-By – Mick Jagger This release was pressed by either MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville or MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville per 25 mm pressing ring combined with info at friktech. Lack of plant etching ("1" or "2") and label symbols preclude identifying which MCA plant pressed this release.

USA STEREO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.  There were many pressing plants used for this release, so a definitive '1st pressing' is challenging.  This copy is pressed by MCA and is possibly a 1967 or close-to copy based on Discogs information.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ZAL 7616 - 1C  𝓑𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 /  SIDE B:  ZAL 7617 - 1C 𝓑𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. SOME FOXING ON REAR WHITE AREAS.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A COUPLE OF BARELY NOTICEABLE HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.  Disc has no evidence of spindle wear.  Possibly only ever played a few times, if that.

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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