LEONARD COHEN, Songs Of Leonard Cohen USA 2nd pressing Exc- LP FREE SHIPPING

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Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Leonard Cohen  Label: Columbia – CS 9533 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Santa Maria Pressing Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock A1 Suzanne A2 Master Song A3 Winter Lady A4 The Stranger Song A5 Sisters Of Mercy B1 So Long, Marianne B2 Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye B3 Stories Of The Street B4 Teachers B5 One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Music Director [Musical Director], Producer – John Simon Photography By, Cover – Machine (29) Written-By – L. Cohen* 1970 repressing

USA SECOND PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH LYRIC INSERT AND ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: o XSM118903-1C S A; SIDE B: o XSM118904-1C S.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. SMALL TOP RIGHT CORNER CUT. INSERT EXCELLENT, INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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.