OZZY OSBOURNE, Diary Of A Madman RARE ????s Master PROMO USA 1st press EXC- LP

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Ozzy Osbourne ?– Diary Of A Madman Label: Jet Records ?– FZ 37492 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Press  Country: US Released: Nov 1981 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Tracklist  A1 Over The Mountain 4:32 A2 Flying High Again 4:44 A3 You Can't Kill Rock And Roll 7:00 A4 Believer 5:15 B1 Little Dolls 5:40 B2 Tonight 5:51 B3 S.A.T.O. 4:08 B4 Diary Of A Madman 6:14 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios Mastered At – Columbia Recording Studios Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Manufactured By – CBS Records Manufactured By – CBS Records Distributed By – CBS Inc. Distributed By – CBS Inc. Published By – Blizzard Music Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Credits Arranged By [Strings] – Louis Clark (tracks: B4)  Bass – Rudy Sarzo Design – Steve "Skull" Joule*  Drums – Tommy Aldridge Engineer – Max Norman Guitar – Randy Rhoads Mastered By [Runout Etch] – JANOS*  Photography By – Fin Costello, Tony Harrison (6) Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Ross Halfin Producer – Max Norman, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads Set Designer – Denise Richardson, Ernie Spruces Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne Written-By – B. Daisley*, L. Kerslake* (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B4), O. Osbourne*, R. Rhoads*  Notes ? © 1981 CBS Inc. 1st Pitman Pressing from rare Janos masters.  

USA PROMO STAMPED SLEEVE FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

Absolute -1A first pressing and first mastering by Ray Janos, which all Ozzy and Sabbath fans know sounds way better than any other mastering/pressing since.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: P º P AL 37492-1A COLUMBIA NY ?ANOS /  SIDE B: P º P BL 37492-1A P COLUMBIA NY A.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  REAR PROMO STAMP. INNER SLEEVE HAS A CREASE AND SMALL SEAM SPLIT ONE SIDE.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A COUPLE OF FINGERPRINTS. CLEAN LABELS.  DISC LOOKS PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE, IF THAT.  THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST TRUE FIRST PRESSINGS WE HAVE SEEN FOR THIS TITLE IN A LONG TIME.  FOR MANY IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE.

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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