GARY NUMAN, The Pleasure Principle USA 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP [Cars/Complex]

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Gary Numan ?– The Pleasure Principle Label: ATCO Records ?– SD 38-120, Beggars Banquet ?– SD 38-120 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, SP  Country: US Released: 1979 Genre: Electronic Style: New Wave, Synth-pop Tracklist  A1 Airlane 3:17 A2 Metal 3:31 A3 Complex 3:10 A4 Films 4:07 A5 M.E. 5:32 B1 Tracks 2:49 B2 Observer 2:53 B3 Conversation 7:33 B4 Cars 3:57 B5 Engineers 3:58 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright (p) – Beggars Banquet Copyright (c) – Beggars Banquet Copyright (c) – Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. Copyright (c) – Andrew Heath Music Ltd. Published By – Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. Published By – Andrew Heath Music Ltd. Recorded At – Marcus Recording Studios Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios Credits Art Direction – Malti Kidia Backing Vocals – Garry Robson (tracks: B3)  Bass – Paul Gardiner Drums, Percussion – Cedric Sharpley*  Engineer, Mixed By – Harvey Webb, Rikki Sylvan Illustration – Tony Escott Keyboards, Viola – Christopher Payne*  Lacquer Cut By – GP*  Mastered By – Julian Mills, Melvyn Abrahams Other [Make-Up] – Patti Burris  Photography By – Geoff Howes Typography [Calligraphy] – Su Wathan Violin [Fadeout Violin] – Billy Currie (tracks: B1, B3)  Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion [Synthetic Percussion], Producer, Songwriter [All Songs Written By] –Gary Numan Notes Recorded at Marcus Music AB London Mastered at Strawberry All songs published by Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. / Andrew Heath Music Ltd. (PRS) All lyrics © 1979 Beggars Banquet Music Ltd. / Andrew Heath Music Ltd. Atco Records Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation A Warner Communications Company ?© 1979 A Beggars Banquet Recording Printed in U.S.A. Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp. I'd like to give my special thanks to the band - who turned basics into songs. --Gary Numan Includes a printed inner sleeve. 

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

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

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.

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.