PETER TOSH The Toughest NM 1988 Capitol C1-90201 1ST PRESS WALLY TRAUGOTT JAH

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Vinyl:  NM.  Play Graded. Plays Like New!  Super high gloss vinyl.  Superb Fidelity! Capitol Labels are Clean and Bright.  This is the Original 1988 Capitol 1ST Pressing!  C1-90201.  This is the audiophile acclaimed pressing, Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol, Los Angeles, CA and pressed at Specialty Records Corp of Olyphant, PA! Tosh's finest cuts at the height of his mastery and influence, the Boy Prince of Reggae!  These songs are part of the fabric of Roots, Rock Reggae.  Jah! Rastafari!
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In the Dead Wax:  Side 1:  B-32114-F1  C1-1-90201  F-1  SRC ((glyph for Specialty Records Corp., of Olyphant, PA))  1-3  SP-AR "delta" 21638  "MASTERED BY CAPITOL" Wally  ((Mastered by Wally Traugott))  
Side 2:  B-32115-F1  C1-2-90201  F-1  SRC ((glyph for Specialty Records Corp., of Olyphant, PA))  1-2  SP-AR   O- "delta" 21638-X  "MASTERED BY CAPITOL" Wally  ((Mastered by Wally Traugott))
Cover: NM (see photos)  Super high gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, tiny notch cut top left. Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, with minimal corner wear.  No splits.  No writing.  Spine print is clear, missing only an "E" in Peter due to the notch cut.   

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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.   

AllMusic Review by Jo-Ann Greene  [-]

Wasting no time in the aftermath of Peter Tosh's murder in September 1987, his label, Capitol, quickly readied and released a retrospective compilation, which arrived in the new year. Obviously, the tracks were drawn from the six Tosh albums Capitol had rights to -- 1978's Bush Doctor, the following year's Mystic Man, 1981's Wanted Dread & Alive, 1983's Mama Africa, the following year's Captured Live, and 1987's No Nuclear War, Tosh's final set. It's hard to do justice to any of these sets, never mind the artist himself, in 11 tracks, but The Toughest, which oddly doesn't include "I'm the Toughest," does the best it can under the circumstances. Each of the albums gets a look, with party songs like "Reggaemylitis" and "Coming in Hot" rubbing shoulders with the more introspective "Bush Doctor" and "Mystic Man," while musically pop and roots vie for attention. What's lacking, however, are any of Tosh's more militant songs, the ones that defined his reputation back home in Jamaica. No surprise there. While he was alive, Capitol was forced to accept this side of Tosh; once he was gone, they could safely ignore it. And so taking a stance they continue to hold, the label deep-sixed Tosh the revolutionary in favor of a creating a less threatening legend, a makeover Capitol has reinforced with every subsequent compilation. Apparently, this is precisely what American fans wanted -- or perhaps they just never had the opportunity to discover the true depths of the man turned reggae icon.