CREAM, Disraeli Gears stereo USA 1st pressing LP Eric Clapton Jack Bruce Baker

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Cream – Disraeli Gears Label: ATCO Records – SD 33-232 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Press Country: US Released: Dec 9, 1967 Genre: Rock Style: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Strange Brew Written-By – Clapton*, Pappalardi*, Collins* Written-By – Clapton*, Pappalardi*, Collins* 2:45 A2 Sunshine Of Your Love Written-By – Clapton*, Bruce*, Brown* Written-By – Clapton*, Bruce*, Brown* 4:08 A3 World Of Pain Written-By – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins Written-By – Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins 3:05 A4 Dance The Night Away Written-By – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown* Written-By – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown* 3:31 A5 Blue Condition Written-By – Ginger Baker Written-By – Ginger Baker 3:26 B1 Tales Of Brave Ulysses Written-By – Eric Clapton, Sharp* Written-By – Eric Clapton, Sharp* 2:50 B2 SWLABR Written-By – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown* Written-By – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown* 2:31 B3 We're Going Wrong Written-By – Jack Bruce Written-By – Jack Bruce 3:25 B4 Outside Woman Blues Written-By – Reynolds* Written-By – Reynolds* 2:20 B5 Take It Back Written-By – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown* Written-By – Jack Bruce, Peter Brown* 3:05 B6 Mother's Lament Arranged By – Cream (2) Written-By – Trad.* Arranged By – Cream (2) Written-By – Trad.* 1:47 Companies, etc. Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Licensed From – Polydor Records Ltd. Published By – Windfall Published By – Pronto (2) Published By – Nemperor Published By – Egg (3) Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Credits Artwork – Martin Sharp (2) Engineer [Recording] – Tom Dowd Photography By – Bob Whitaker* Producer – Felix Pappalardi Producer [By Arrangement With] – Robert Stigwood Notes © 1967 Atlantic Recording Corporation First Terre Haute Pressing (CT) with variant metal processing from other Terre Haute Pressing in database. Track A1 Published by Windfall-Pronto-Nemperor; A3 by Windfall-Pronto; B4 by Egg; all others by Nemperor. Released in the U.S.A. by special arrangement with Polydor Records Ltd. 

USA STEREO FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: º STC 671129-1B 1 CT T B 31 /  SIDE B: º ST C671130-1B 1 CT TC 20.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH THE LIGHTEST OF EDGE RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE 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, 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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