BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 6 KLEMPERER [Columbia silver/turquoise SAX 2260] UK LP

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  Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra ?–Symphony Number 6 In F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" Label: Columbia ?– SAX 2260 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo  Country: UK Released: 1958 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic Tracklist Symphony No.6 In F Major 'Pastoral' A1 First Movement: Awakening Of Pleasant Feelings Upon Arriving In The Country - Allegro Ma Non Troppo A2 Second Movement: Scene At The Brook - Andanta Molto Mosso B1.1 Third Movement: Peasants' Merrymaking - Allegro B1.2 Fourth Movement: The Storm - Allegro B1.3 Fifth Movement: Shepherds' Hymn After The Storm - Allegretto Companies, etc. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Recorded At – Kingsway Hall Credits Composed By – Beethoven* Conductor – Otto Klemperer Liner Notes – Martin Cooper (5) Orchestra – The Philharmonia Orchestra* Photography By – Lotte Meitner-Graf Notes Original Blue/Silver label  Labelography code: ES1  Recorded 7th October 1957  

UK STEREO FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN FRONT LAMINATED FLIP-BACK SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  YAX 39-1 /  SIDE B: YAX 40-3.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A:  1 / L.  SIDE B:  12 / GM2.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD ONLY DUE TO FRONT LAMINATED DETORIATION, SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD ONLY. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLAY SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.  DISC PLAYS WITHOUT SKIPS OR JUMPS, BUT THERE ARE SOME SURFACE NOISES IN QUIETER PASSAGES.

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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