CHARLIE MINGUS JAZZ WORKSHOP, Pithecanthropus Erectus MONO UK Excellent- LP

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Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop – Pithecanthropus Erectus Label: Atlantic – 587131, Atlantic – 588 131 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Country: UK Released: 1968 Genre: Jazz Style: Post Bop Tracklist A1 Pithecanthropus Erectus 10:41 A2 A Foggy Day 7:53 B1 Profile Of Jackie 3:07 B2 Love Chant 14:56 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Polydor Records Ltd. Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Credits Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean Bass – Charles Mingus Drums – Willie Jones Liner Notes – Charles Mingus Piano – Mal Waldron Tenor Saxophone – J.R. Monterose Notes 1968 UK issue. (P) 1963 indicates date of copyright assertion, not manufacture, in UK. Recorded 30.01.1956 588 131 in Sleeve and Spine/ 587131 on labels  

UK MONO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:587 131 A▿1 420 1 2 / 587 131 B▿1 420 1 3.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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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