MAHLER, Symphony No. 7 OTTO KLEMPERER London Philharmonia [HMV ASD 2491] UK 2LP

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  Mahler*, Otto Klemperer,  New Philharmonia Orchestra ?– Symphony No. 7 Label: His Master's Voice ?– ASD 2491-92 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo  Box Set  Country: UK Released: 1969 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic Tracklist  Symphony No. 7 A 1st Movement: Adagio B 2nd Movement: Nachtmusik (Allegro Moderato) C1 3rd Movement: Scherzo (Schattenhaft) C2 4th Movement: Nachtmusik (Andante Amoroso) D 5th Movement: Rondo-Finale Companies, etc. Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Credits Composed By – Mahler*  Conductor – Otto Klemperer Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra Notes Made in Gt. Britain.  Comes with four page booklet. 

USA STEREO FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM SET ON POSTAGE STAMP NIPPER LABELS/SOLD IN UK...IN BOX WITH BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES.

MATRIX:  2YEA 3658/9-1G / 2YEA 3660/1-2G.

MOTHER / STAMPER: 1 / G on all discs, indicating that these are the very first laquers, mothers and stampers for this title.

BOX: VERY GOOD, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. A COUPLE OF SPOT MARKS ON FRONT. BOOKLET HAS PEN NAME ON THE FRONT, INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. 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.

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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