DAVID BOWIE, The Man Who Sold The World [1972 RCA with poster] USA Excellent- LP

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David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World Label: RCA Victor – LSP-4816 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: US Released: Nov 10, 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Glam, Hard Rock A1 The Width Of A Circle 8:07 A2 All The Madmen 5:48 A3 Black Country Rock 3:33 A4 After All 3:52 B1 Running Gun Blues 3:12 B2 Saviour Machine 4:27 B3 She Shook Me Cold 4:13 B4 The Man Who Sold The World 3:58 B5 The Supermen 3:39 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records Copyright © – RCA Records Recorded At – Trident Studios Recorded At – Advision Studios Remixed At – Trident Studios Record Company – RCA Corporation Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway Drums – Mick Woodmansey Electric Bass, Piano, Guitar – Tony Visconti Guitar – Mick Ronson Guitar, Vocals – David Bowie Photography By [Uncredited] – Brian Ward (5) Producer – Tony Visconti Synthesizer [Moog] – Ralph Mace Written-By – David Bowie Song lyrics are printed on a custom inner sleeve Initial copies included an 18 x 20 poster with the cover image but no text on it. Recorded at Trident Studios and Advision Studios, London, England. Remixed at Trident Studios, London, England. © 1972, RCA Records, New York, N.Y. • Printed in U.S.A. Features uncredited photography by Brian Ward: sleeve, inner and poster.

USA 1972 PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH POSTER AND ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT 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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