EAGLES*, Eagles USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP Take It Easy/Peaceful Easy Living

$

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John Lennon -  Imagine   1972

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Eagles ?– Eagles Label: Asylum Records ?– SD-5054 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Presswell Pressing, Gatefold  Country: US Released: Jun 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Country Rock, Classic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Take It Easy Written-By – Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne 3:29 A2 Witchy Woman Written-By – Bernie Leadon, Don Henley 4:10 A3 Chug All Night Written-By – Glenn Frey 3:13 A4 Most Of Us Are Sad Written-By – Glenn Frey 3:33 A5 Nightingale Written-By – Jackson Browne 4:05 B1 Train Leaves Here This Morning Written-By – Bernie Leadon, Gene Clark 4:07 B2 Take The Devil Written-By – Randy Meisner 4:00 B3 Earlybird Written-By – Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner 3:00 B4 Peaceful Easy Feeling Written-By – Jack Tempchin 4:16 B5 Tryin' Written-By – Randy Meisner 2:50 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records Pressed By – Presswell Engineered At – Olympic Studios Produced At – Olympic Studios Mastered At – The Mastering Lab Published By – Benchmark Music Published By – Kicking Bear Music Published By – Irving Music Published By – Jazzbird Music Credits Art Direction, Design – Gary Burden Photography By – Henry Diltz Producer, Engineer – Glyn Johns Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Randy Meisner Vocals, Drums – Don Henley Vocals, Guitar, Banjo – Bernie Leadon Vocals, Guitar, Slide Guitar – Glenn Frey Notes Centre labels: Track A1, A5: Benchmark, ASCAP Track A2 to A4: Kicking Bear - Benchmark, ASCAP Track B1: Irving, BMI Track B2, B3, B5: Kicking Bear - Benchmark, ASCAP Track B4: Jazzbird - Benchmark, ASCAP ?1972 Asylum Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp. Sleeve: Asylum Records, Manufactured by Atlantic Recording Corporation, ? 1972 Asylum Records, Corp. Printed in U.S.A. Inner sleeve: Produced and engineered at Olympic Sound Studios, London Direction: The Geffen Roberts Co. Mastering: The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles Asylum Records, Manufactured by Atlantic Recording Corporation, ? 1972 Asylum Records. Printed in U.S.A. Other info: First issue with white Asylum labels and gatefold jacket. Gatefold with upside down image inside Custom inner sleeve. PR in runout = Presswell

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH UPSIDE DOWN INNER PHOTO AND ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ST-AS-722515-E H7 SIDE 1 PR  /  SIDE B: ST-AS-722516-D SIDE 2PR.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS, WE CAN'T EVEN SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF SPINDLE WEAR. ONE OF THE BEST CONDITION COPIES OF THIS EAGLES DEBUT WE HAVE HAD IN STOCK. NO PRESSINGS SOUND AS REMOTELY GOOD AS THESE WHITE ASYLUM LABEL PRESSINGS.

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.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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