BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, Agents of Fortune USA 1st pressing LP [Don't Fear the Reaper]

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Blue Öyster Cult ?– Agents Of Fortune Label: Columbia ?– PC 34164 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock TracklistHide Credits A1 This Ain't The Summer Of Love 2:20 A2 True Confessions 2:55 A3 (Don't Fear) The Reaper 5:05 A4 E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 3:43 A5 The Revenge Of Vera Gemini Vocals – Patti Smith 3:48 B1 Sinful Love 3:28 B2 Tattoo Vampire 2:40 B3 Morning Final 4:14 B4 Tenderloin 3:53 B5 Debbie Denise 4:12 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Credits Bass, Vocals, Piano – Joe Bouchard Drums, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica – Albert Bouchard Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Percussion – Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser Horns – Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar, Bass – Allen Lanier Painting [Cover Painting] – Lynn Curlee Producer – David Lucas, Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion – Eric Bloom Notes Patti Smith, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker appear courtesy of Arista Records.  1st Pressing (1976) : gatefold jacket no barcode   

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: P AL 34164-2G PPW 0   /  SIDE B:  PBL 34164-2E PPW .

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME FINGERPRINTS AND 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.

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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