KING CRIMSON, Larks' Tongues in Aspic w/shrink+hype stickerUSA 1st press EXC- LP
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King Crimson ?– Larks' Tongues In Aspic Label: Atlantic ?– SD 7263 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, RI Country: US Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist A1 Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 13:36 A2 Book Of Saturday 2:59 A3 Exiles 7:37 B1 Easy Money 7:51 B2 The Talking Drum 7:28 B3 Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 7:10 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation Produced For – E.G. Records Ltd. Published By – TRO-Total Music, Inc. Published By – Yessongs Published By – Unart Published By – TRO-Total Recorded At – Command Studios Mastered At – Atlantic Studios Pressed By – Philips Recording Company, Inc. Credits Bass, Vocals – John Wetton Cover [Cover Design] – Tantra Designs Drums – Bill Bruford Engineer – Nick Ryan Guitar, Mellotron, Effects [Devices] – Robert Fripp Mastered By – George Piros Other [Equipment By] – Kettle, Simmons & Walmsley Percussion, Performer [Allsorts] – Jamie Muir Violin, Viola, Mellotron – David Cross Notes Recorded at Command Studios, London - Jan & Feb 1973. ?© 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation. Pressed by Philips Recording Co. Richmond Indiana (RI suffix on label code).
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
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. 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.
MATRIX: SIDE A:ST-A-732809-BBB-1 AT/GP -11 PR / SIDE B: ST-A-732810-BBB-1-111 PR.
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER ON FRONT. INNER SLEEVE HAS SIDE SEAM SPLITS.
DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.
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