CHET BAKER QUINTET, Smokin' [Prestige] VAN GELDER MONO ISA 1st pressing EXC- LP

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Chet Baker Quintet, The?– Smokin' With The Chet Baker Quintet Label: Prestige ?– PRST 7449 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1966 Genre: Jazz Style: Hard Bop, Cool Jazz Tracklist A1 Grade "A" Gravy 6:24 A2 Serenity 5:29 A3 Fine And Dandy 7:22 B1 Have You Met Miss Jones? 6:38 B2 Rearin' Back 6:01 B3 So Easy 6:51 Credits Bass– Herman Wright Drums– Roy Brooks Flugelhorn– Chet Baker Liner Notes– Bob Porter Piano– Kirk Lightsey Producer– Richard Carpenter (2) Tenor Saxophone– George Coleman

USA MONO BLUE/SILVER LABEL BERGENFIELD, NJ, FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP IN FRONT-LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available).

Many recent vinyl pressings claim to be mastered from ‘original tapes’ and are pressed on expensive 180g vinyl. Sonically, they frequently sound disappointing when compared to a decent condition first pressing. All too often, they sound like a CD pressed onto vinyl.

If you want the best analogue reproduction possible from vinyl, it is always a better investment to seek out original pressings in clean playing condition. They nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider, and subtle nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with the bass far tighter. Upper-mids shine, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer, and the music tends to sound more ‘alive’.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: SIDE A: VAN GELDER PRLP-7449-A (two hard to see machine etched letters that look like) OM / SIDE B: VAN GELDER PRLP-7449-B (two hard to see machine etched letters that look like) OM.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME LAMINATED CREASES, SHELF, CORNER, RING AND EDGE WEAR. MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT BOTTOM CORNER AND SMALL DRILL HOLE. INNER SLEEVE IS VERY GOOD+.

DISC: VISUALLY VERY GOOD+ THAT PLAYS AND SOUNDS EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES AND ONLY MINOR SPINDLE WEAR. SOME LIGHT HAIRLINES AND SCUFF ON SIDE TWO THAT IS NOT A SCRATCH AND DOES NOT SOUND. CLEAN LABELS. WE PLAY-CHECKED THIS DISC AND IT IS A SPLENDID PLAYING COPY WITH SUPERB AUDIO.

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