SQUEEZE*, Cool For Cats PROMO USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP

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Squeeze – Cool For Cats  Label: A&M Records – SP-4759 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing Country: US Released: 1979 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Pop Rock A1 Slap & Tickle 3:59 A2 Revue 2:30 A3 Touching Me, Touching You 2:23 A4 It's Not Cricket 2:33 A5 It's So Dirty 3:10 A6 The Knack 4:32 B1 Hop Skip & Jump Songwriter – Difford*, Holland* 2:46 B2 Up The Junction 3:10 B3 Hard To Find 3:37 B4 Slightly Drunk 2:40 B5 Goodbye Girl 2:58 B6 Cool For Cats 3:39 Record Company – A&M Records, Inc. Copyright © – A&M Records Ltd. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records Ltd. Published By – Almo Music Corp. Published By – Deptford Songs Recorded At – Britannia Row Studios Recorded At – Olympic Studios Mixed At – Sound Techniques, London Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis Art Direction – Michael Ross (3) Bass – Harry Kakoulli* Design – Geoff Halpin Drums – Gilson Lavis Engineer – Andrew Lumm, Brian Humphries Keyboards – Jools Holland Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Glenn Tilbrook Photography By – Janette Beckman Producer, Arranged By – John Wood, Squeeze (2) Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Chris Difford Songwriter – Difford/Tilbrook* (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B6) "I" stamped in runouts denotes RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis, pressing.

USA PROMO STAMPED FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL INOPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH TORN OFF SEAL FOR GOLD PROMO STICKER ON REAR.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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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