RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT, Hard Travelin' USA 1st pressing Excellent- 2LP

$

50

Ramblin' Jack Elliott – Hard Travelin' Label: Fantasy – F-24720 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Tracklist A1 Hard Travelin' 2:33 A2 Grand Coulee Dam 2:23 A3 New York Town 3:35 A4 Tom Joad 6:14 A5 Howdido 1:29 A6 Talking Dust Bowl 2:42 A7 This Land Is Your Land 2:24 B1 Pretty Boy Floyd 3:09 B2 Philadelphia Lawyer 2:28 B3 Talking Columbia 2:43 B4 Dust Storm Disaster 2:46 B5 Riding In My Car 1:55 B6 1913 Massacre 3:30 B7 So Long 3:14 C1 Sadie Brown 2:07 C2 East Virginia Blues 3:38 C3 I Belong To Glasgow 3:47 C4 The Cuckoo 2:13 C5 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms 2:45 C6 South Coast 4:02 D1 San Francisco Bay Blues 1:56 D2 The Last Letter 2:24 D3 I Love Her So / I Got A Woman 4:28 D4 Candyman 2:42 D5 Tramp On The Street 3:13 D6 Railroad Bill 5:07 Credits Art Direction – Phil Carroll Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder Guitar [Second] – John Herald (tracks: C2, C5, D2, D5) Mandolin – Ralph Rinzler (tracks: C2, C5, D2, D5) Photography – Jim Marshall Producer – Kenneth S. Goldstein Remastered By – David Turner (2) Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica – Ramblin' Jack Elliott Notes Original pressing with brown/tan labels, variation most easily identified by A label credit near bottom being on 1 line (not split on 2 lines): "Composed by Woody Gutherie (TRO-Ludlow Music-BMI)." Sides 1 and 2 originally released as "Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie" Sides 3 and 4 originally released as "Ramblin' Jack Elliott"

USA FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVES.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVES VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISCS: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY 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.  

• 1. USA IS $6.99 FOR ANY AMOUNT OF LPs PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME.

          


• 2. INTERNATIONAL BY TRACKED AND INSURED PRIORITY AIR MAIL IS $69.99 [EXCEPT CANADA, WHICH IS $59.99].  This is now the only reliable, tracked and insured way we can ship international packages.