BRAHMS / DVO?ÁK, Hungarian/Slavonic Dances REINER [wideband Decca SXL2249] UK LP

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  Brahms* / Dvorak* -  Reiner*,  Vienna Philharmonic* ?– Hungarian Dances / Slavonic Dances Label: Decca ?– SXL 2249, Decca ?– SXL.2249 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo  Country: UK Released: Sep 1961 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic Tracklist  –Brahms* Hungarian Dances A1 – No. 5 In G Minor A2 – No. 6 In D Minor A3 – No. 7 In A Major A4 – No. 12 In D Minor A5 – No. 13 In D Major A6 – No. 19 In B Minor A7 – No. 21 In E Minor A8 – No. 1 In G Minor –Dvo?ák* Slavonic Dances B1 – Opus 46, No. 1 In C Major B2 – Opus 46, No. 3 In A Flat Major B3 – Opus 46, No. 8 In G Minor B4 – Opus 72, No. 2 In E Minor B5 – Opus 72, No. 1 In B Major Companies, etc. Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited Printed By – St. James Press Credits Arranged By – Parlow* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5), Hallén* (tracks: A3), Dvo?ák* (tracks: A6, A7, B1-5), Brahms* (tracks: A8)  Composed By – Dvo?ák* (tracks: B), Brahms* (tracks: A)  Conductor – Fritz Reiner Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic*  

UK STEREO FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON DEEP GROOVE WIDEBAND LABEL IN FRONT LAMINATED FLIP-BACK SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  ZAL-4929-1E  SW /  SIDE B:  ZAL-4930-3E.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A:  21 / H.  SIDE B:  1 / BC.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD ONLY DUE TO OBVIOUS SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. TOP REAR FLAP WORN AND NEEDS A RE-GLUE.  SMALL STAIN ON REAR.  INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLAY SCUFFS 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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