BEE GEES, Odessa [foil stamped flocked velvet sleeve] USA 1st pressing EXC- 2LP

$

70

  Bee Gees ?– Odessa Label: ATCO Records ?– SD 2-702 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, CT  Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Pop Style:   Tracklist A1 Odessa (City On The Black Sea) 7:33 A2 You'll Never See My Face Again 4:16 A3 Black Diamond 3:27 B1 Marley Purt Drive 4:26 B2 Edison 3:07 B3 Melody Fair 3:48 B4 Suddenly 2:29 B5 Whisper Whisper 3:24 C1 Lamplight 4:47 C2 Sound Of Love 3:27 C3 Give Your Best 3:26 C4 Seven Seas Symphony 4:09 C5 With All Nations (International Anthem) 1:46 D1 I Laugh In Your Face 4:09 D2 Never Say Never Again 3:28 D3 First Of May 2:48 D4 The British Opera 3:17 Companies, etc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Credits Engineer – A. Barber*, P. Wade*, E. Sharp* Producer – Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood Notes Terre Haute pressing, as denoted by "CT" suffix on label matrices.  2xLP in red velvet cover   

USA FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN FOIL STAMPED FLOCKED VELVET GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH GENERIC POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+ JUST SHORT OF EXCELLENT MINUS FOR ITS AGE.  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS FRAGILE SLEEVE WE HAVE SEEN FOR SOME TIME, THE ONLY MINOR POINTS BEING SOME RING WEAR, MINOR CORNER BUMPS AND A SMALL TOP SAW CUT INDICATING IT AS PROBABLY A PROMO COPY AT THE TIME.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, DISC DOES NOT LOOK PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE, IF THAT. 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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