STANDELLS, The Best Of The Standells [with hype sticker Rhino] LP FREE SHIPPING

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The Standells – The Best Of The Standells  Label: Rhino Records – RNLP 70176 Series: Golden Archive Series – RNLP 70176 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1986 Genre: Rock Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock A1 Dirty Water A2 Riot On Sunset Strip A3 Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White A4 Why Pick On Me A5 Mr. Nobody A6 Mainline A7 Have You Ever Spent The Night In Jail B1 Try It B2 Medication B3 Barracuda B4 Rari B5 Can't Help But Love You B6 All Fall Down B7 Animal Girl

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW 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, 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.