JONI MITCHELL, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter WHITE LABEL PROMO EXC- 2LP Pastorius

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  Joni Mitchell ?– Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Label: Asylum Records ?– BB-701 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo  Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Jazz-Rock Tracklist A1 Overture-Cotton Avenue 6:35 A2 Talk To Me 3:40 A3 Jericho 3:25 B Paprika Plains 16:19 C1 Otis And Marlena 4:05 C2 The Tenth World 6:45 C3 Dreamland 4:37 D1 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter 6:40 D2 Off Night Backstreet 3:22 D3 The Silky Veils Of Ardor 4:02 Companies, etc. Record Company – Warner Communications Inc. Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Recorded At – A&M Studios Recorded At – Columbia Recording Studios Recorded At – Basing Street Studios Mixed At – A&M Studios Mastered At – A&M Studios Credits Acoustic Guitar – Joni MItchell (tracks: C1) Art Direction – Glen Christensen Artwork [On Miss Mitchell's Dress (front Cover)] – Les Krims Bass – Jaco Pastorius (tracks: A1 to B1, D1, D2) Bells [Ankle Bells] – Alejandro Acuna* (tracks: D1) Bongos – Don Alias (tracks: A3), Jaco Pastorius (tracks: C2) Composed By – Joni Mitchell (tracks: A1 to C1, C3 to D3) Congas – Manolo Badrena (tracks: C3) Congas, Claves [Clave] – Don Alias (tracks: C2) Congas, Cowbell, Vocals – Alejandro Acuna* (tracks: C2) Congas, Percussion [Coffee Cans], Vocals – Manolo Badrena (tracks: C2) Cowbell [Cowbells] – Jaco Pastorius (tracks: C3) Drums – John Guerin (tracks: A1, A3, B1, D2) Electric Guitar – Larry Carlton (tracks: C1) Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Robert Ash Guitar – Joni Mitchell (tracks: A1 to A3, D1, D3) Mastered By – Bernie Grundman Orchestrated By [Orchestrator] – Michael Gibbs (tracks: D2) Orchestrated By, Conductor [Conducted By] – Michael Gibbs (tracks: B1) Other [In Spirit] – Bobbye Hall (tracks: D1), Manolo Badrena (tracks: D1) Other [The Split Tongued Spirit] – El Bwyd (tracks: D1) Photography By – Norman Seeff Piano – Joni MItchell (tracks: B1), Michel Colombier (tracks: C1) Recorded By – Henry Lewy, Steve Katz (2) Recorded By [Orchestra] – Frank Laico Shaker – Don Alias (tracks: D1) Shaker [Shakers] – Alejandro Acuna* (tracks: C3) Snare [Snare Drum] – John Guerin (tracks: C1) Snare [Snaredrum], Percussion [Sandpaper Blocks] – Don Alias (tracks: C3) Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax] – Wayne Shorter (tracks: A3, B1) Surdo [Bass Drum] – Airto* (tracks: C2, C3) Vocals – Chaka Khan (tracks: C2, C3), Don Alias (tracks: C2), Glenn Frey (tracks: D2), J. D. Souther* (tracks: D2) Vocals, Written-By, Design – Joni Mitchell Written-By – Airto* (tracks: C2), Alejandro Acuna* (tracks: C2), Don Alias (tracks: C2), Jaco Pastorius(tracks: C2), Manolo Badrena (tracks: C2) Notes Promo identifiers: "PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE [x 3] Elektra [logo] Asylum [logo] PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE" - [x 3, upside down] - white print on black sticker affixed to cover. "PROMOTION COPY NOT FOR SALE" - black print on white, but otherwise, regular Asylum labels. ___ Recorded and Mixed at A&M Studios in Hollywood. Orchestra recorded at Columbia Studio C in New York. Additional recording at Basing Street Studio in London. Mastered at A&M Studios, Los Angeles. ? & © 1977 Elektra / Asylum Records - back cover ? 1977 by Asylum Records - labels Packaged in a gatefold cover with custom artwork-printed inner sleeves. Album is auto-coupled: record 1 includes sides A & D, record 2, sides B & C.   

USA WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVES.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PROMO STICKER.  INNER SLEEVES HAVE MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: 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.

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.  

     
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