BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Born To Run USA 1st pressing disc MCR mastering EXC- LP

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  Bruce Springsteen ?– Born To Run Label: Columbia ?– PC 33795 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Country: US Released: 1975 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Thunder Road Backing Vocals – Mike Appel, Roy Bittan, Steve Van Zandt Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Glockenspiel – Roy Bittan Harmonica – Bruce Springsteen 4:50 A2 Tenth Avenue Freeze Out Baritone Saxophone – David Sanborn Tenor Saxophone – Clarence Clemons, Michael Brecker Trombone – Wayne Andre Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker 3:11 A3 Night Harpsichord, Glockenspiel – Roy Bittan 3:01 A4 Backstreets 6:29 B1 Born To Run Drums – Ernest "Boom" Carter* Engineer – Louis Lahav Keyboards – David Sancious Organ – Danny Federici 4:30 B2 She's The One Harpsichord – Roy Bittan 4:30 B3 Meeting Across The River Bass – Richard Davis (2) Trumpet – Randy Brecker 3:16 B4 Jungleland Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Charles Calello* Tenor Saxophone – Clarence Clemons 9:33 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – Laurel Canyon Music Ltd. Recorded At – 914 Sound Studios Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mastered At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Lacquer Cut At – Master Cutting Room Credits Bass – Garry Tallent (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)  Coordinator [Maintainance] – Paul Prestopino Design – Andy Engel, John Berg Drums – Max M. Weinberg* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B4)  Engineer [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Andy Abrams (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Angie Arcuri(tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Corky Stasiak (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Mike Appel (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Ricke Delena* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Thom Panunzio (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)  Engineer, Mixed By – Jimmy Iovine (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)  Guitar – Bruce Springsteen (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)  Mastered By – Greg Calbi Organ – Roy Bittan (tracks: A4, B2, B4)  Photography By [Cover And Liner] – Eric Meola Piano – Roy Bittan (tracks: A2 to A4, B2 to B4)  Producer – Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Mike Appel Saxophone – Clarence Clemons (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B1, B2)  Vocals – Bruce Springsteen Written-By, Arranged By – Bruce Springsteen  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN SECOND STATE (CORRECTED SPELLING OF 'JON LANDAU' CREDITS ON REAR) GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

1. Only first pressings of this album had the laquers cut at the Master Cutting Room and thus bear the MCR credits on one or both sides of the run-out grooves.  Whilst by no means an 'audiophile' recording to begin with, the MCR cut at least sounds better than subsequent pressings, which usually sound rather dull and lifeless.
2. First generation sleeves mispelt the producer Jon Landau's name as 'John Landau', this was stickered over on some copies with the correct spelling, and quickly reprinted a second time with the correct spelling (this copy).  First pressing albums were housed in both sleeve variations, although the mispelt one is rarer.  

MATRIX:  SIDE A: P2 T1 P AL-33795-1B MCRII /  SIDE B: O T1 P BL-33795 1G.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  MINOR CORNER BUMPS, THE USUALY SLIGHT YELLOWING OF WHITE AREAS COMMON TO THIS SLEEVE.  INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND FINGERPINTS. 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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