JIM PEPPER, The Path German 1st pressing Excellent- LP Witchi Tia To

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Jim Pepper – The Path  Label: Enja Records – 5087 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1988 Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country Style: Post Bop Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Bamasso Composed By – Jim Pepper Composed By – Jim Pepper A2 Lullaby Composed By – Paul Motian Composed By – Paul Motian A3 Marchant Le Chemin Composed By – John Betsch Composed By – John Betsch B1 Habi Ba Composed By – Kirk Lightsey Composed By – Kirk Lightsey B2 Reflections Composed By – Thelonious Monk Composed By – Thelonious Monk B3 Witchi Tia To Composed By – Jim Pepper Composed By – Jim Pepper B4 Caddo Revival Composed By – Jim Pepper Composed By – Jim Pepper Companies, etc. Recorded At – A&R Studios Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Enja Records Horst Weber GmbH Copyright © – Enja Records Horst Weber GmbH Credits Artwork [Cover Art] – Sany Fischer Bass – Santi DeBriano Drums – John Betsch Engineer – David Baker Mastered By – Henry Riedel Percussion – Arto Tuncboyaci* Piano – Kirk Lightsey Producer – Horst Weber Soprano Saxophone – Jim Pepper Tenor Saxophone – Jim Pepper Trumpet – Stanton Davis Vocals – Caren Knight, Jim Pepper Notes Location: A&R Studio, N.Y. Rec. Date: March 3rd + 4th, 1988  

GERMAN FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL 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, 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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