JERRY GARCIA, Garcia [aka Compliments of] USA 1st pressing EXC- LP Grateful Dead

$

20

  Jerry Garcia ?– Garcia Label: Round Records (3) ?– RX-102 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock & Roll Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Let It Rock Written-By – Chuck Berry 3:12 A2 When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game Written-By – W. Robinson* 2:46 A3 That's What Love Will Make You Do Written-By – Eddy Marion*, Henderson Thigpen, James Banks 3:42 A4 Russian Lullaby Written-By – Irving Berlin 3:04 A5 Turn On The Bright Lights Written-By – Albert Washington 5:04 B1 He Ain't Give You None Written-By – Van Morrison 3:25 B2 What Goes Around Written-By – Mac Rebbenack* 3:07 B3 Let's Spend The Night Together Written-By – Jagger-Richards 3:40 B4 Mississippi Moon Written-By – Peter Rowan 3:06 B5 Midnight Town Written-By – John Kahn, Robert Hunter 3:12 Credits Illustration – Victor Moscoso Producer – John Kahn Notes Garcia's second solo LP, later renamed 'Garcia (Compliments)'  Embossed cover.  Musicians[edit] Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals, classical guitar Arthur Adams – guitar Michael Omartian – piano, tack piano, Fender Rhodes John Kahn – bass, horn arrangement, string arrangement Ron Tutt – drums Merl Saunders – organ Larry Carlton – guitar Production[edit] John Kahn – producer Ron Malo – engineer Richard Loren – production assistant Joshua Blardo – production assistant Ramrod – equipment Steve Parrish – equipment Victor Moscoso – cover artwork Additional personnel[edit] Bobbye Hall – percussion on tracks 1-3 and 7-8 Melvin Moore – trumpet on tracks 3 and 5 Gene Connors – trombone on tracks 3 and 5, horn arrangement Jackie Kelso – saxophones on tracks 3 and 5 Amos Garrett – trombone on tracks 4 and 7 Joel Tepp – clarinet on track 4 Richard Greene – violin on tracks 4 and 8 Merry Clayton – background vocals on tracks 6 and 10 Clydie King – background vocals on tracks 6 and 10 Patty – background vocals on tracks 6 and 10 Geoff Muldaur – clarinet on track 7 Maria Muldaur – background vocals on track 8 Ben Benay – rhythm guitar on track 9 Tom Rose – clarinet on track 9 John Rotella – e flat clarinet on track 9 Willie Green – b flat clarinet on track 9  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN EMBOSSED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL white INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ARTISAN RX-102-A-8 SX B 4 /  SIDE B: ARTISAN RX-102-B-8 SX A 4.

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

DISC[S]: 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.

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.  

     
     PRIORITY MAIL IS $14.99