JON & VANGELIS, The Best Of Jon And Vangelis PROMO USA 1st pressing Exc- LP

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Jon & Vangelis – The Best Of Jon And Vangelis Label: Polydor – 821 929-1 Y-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1984 Genre: Electronic Style: Downtempo, Synth-pop, Ambient Tracklist A1 Italian Song 2:54 A2 I'll Find My Way Home 4:29 A3 State Of Independence 4:22 A4 One More Time 6:15 A5 A Play Within A Play 6:57 B1 The Friends Of Mr. Cairo 11:49 B2 Outside Of This (Inside Of That) 5:01 B3 He Is Sailing 4:10 B4 I Hear You Now 4:47 Credits Backing Vocals – Carol Kenyon Engineer – Raine Shine, Raphael Preston Flute – Dick Morrisey* Producer – Vangelis

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL POLY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. REAR PROMO STAMP.  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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