CAT STEVENS, Teaser And The Firecat [Pink Rim label Island] UK 1st pressing LP

$

87

Cat Stevens – Teaser And The Firecat  Label: Island Records – ILPS 9154, Island Records – ILPS9154 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Textured Country: UK Released: 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Pop Rock A1 The Wind A2 Rubylove A3 If I Laugh A4 Changes IV A5 How Can I Tell You B1 Tuesday's Dead B2 Morning Has Broken Lyrics By – Eleanor Farjeon Piano [Uncredited] – Rick Wakeman B3 Bitterblue B4 Moonshadow B5 Peace Train Published By – Freshwater Music Printed By – Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd. Mastered At – Sterling Sound Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Bass, Congas – Larry Steele Bouzouki – Andreas Toumazis, Angelos Hatzipavli Drums – Gerry Conway, Harvey Burns Guitar – Alun Davies, Cat Stevens Mastered By – LH* Photography By – David Bailey (5) Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith Strings – Del Newman Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Cat Stevens

UK PALM TREE/PINK RIM FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ILPS 9154 A-5U STERLING LH2 / SIDE B: ILPS 9154 B-4U STERLING LH2.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A: 2 / HH; SIDE B: 2 / GGL.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS. 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, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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