JIMMY RUFFIN, Sings Top Ten MONO USA 1st pressing LP What Becomes Brokenhearted

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Jimmy Ruffin – Sings Top Ten Label: Soul – SOUL 704, Soul – SM704, Soul – S 704 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Country: US Released: Jan 1967 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul A1 I've Passed This Way Before Written-By – J. Dean, Wm. Weatherspoon* 2:48 A2 Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got Written-By – B. Strong, N. Whitfield* 2:40 A3 What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Written-By – J. Dean, Wm. Weatherspoon*, P. Riser* 2:57 A4 As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love Written-By – Wm. Robinson* 2:51 A5 Halfway To Paradise Written-By – G. Goffin, C. King* 2:59 A6 Black Is Black Written-By – Grainger*, Wadey*, Hayes* 3:22 B1 Bless You Written-By – B. Mann, C. Weil* 2:52 B2 Since I've Lost You Written-By – N. Whitfield* 2:22 B3 World So Wide, Nowhere To Hide (From Your Heart) Written-By – J. Dean, Wm. Weatherspoon* 2:49 B4 I Want Her Love Written-By – E. Holland*, N. Whitfield* 2:42 B5 Tomorrow's Tears Written-By – J. Dean, Wm. Weatherspoon*, P. Riser*, S. McMullen* 2:58 B6 How Can I Say I'm Sorry Written-By – J. Gilliam*, N. Whitfield*, S. Potts* 2:31 Copyright © – Motown Record Corporation Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood Liner Notes – Scott St. James RCA, Hollywood pressing variant of original mono release.

USA MONO DEEP GROOVE FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: H-1444-3 TR4M-9513-1-D H; SIDE B:H-1445 TR4M-9514-1-D H.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME LIGHT PLAY SCUFF. 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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