JOHN PRINE, John Prine USA LP Illegal Smile, Sam Stone, Angel From Montgomery

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John Prine – John Prine Label: Atlantic – SD 19156 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country, Folk A1 Illegal Smile 3:10 A2 Spanish Pipedream 2:37 A3 Hello In There 4:29 A4 Sam Stone 4:14 A5 Paradise Backing Vocals – Steve Goodman Bass – Neal Rosengarden* Fiddle – Dave Prine 3:10 A6 Pretty Good 3:36 B1 Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore 2:51 B2 Far From Me 3:38 B3 Angel From Montgomery 3:43 B4 Quiet Man 2:50 B5 Donald And Lydia 4:27 B6 Six O'Clock News 2:49 B7 Flashback Blues Drums – Bishop Heywood* Fiddle – Noel Gilbert Tambourine – Gene Chrisman 2:33 Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation Record Company – Warner Communications Recorded At – American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN Recorded At – A&R Studios Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios Pressed By – Presswell Copyright © – Cotillion Music, Inc. Published By – Cotillion Published By – Sour Grapes (4) Acoustic Guitar – Steve Goodman (tracks: A5, B7) Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Composed By – John Prine Bass – Mike Leach* (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7) Drums – Gene Chrisman (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7) Engineer – Stan Kesler Engineer [Assistant] – Dale Smith* Lacquer Cut By – GP* Lead Guitar – Reggie Young (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7) Liner Notes – Kris Kristofferson Organ – Bobby Emmons (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7) Pedal Steel Guitar – Leo LeBlanc (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7) Photography By, Design [Album] – Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes (2) Piano – Bobby Wood (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7) Producer, Engineer [Remix] – Arif Mardin Rhythm Guitar – John Christopher (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B7)

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  MIDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. ONE LIGHT SCRATCH THAT CLICKS ON SIDE ONE, OTHERWISE JUST SOME LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS AND FINGERPRINTS. 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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