SHEILA & B. DEVOTION, s/t Promo USA EXC- LP Chic [Spacer/King of the World]

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Sheila & B. Devotion ?– Sheila And B. Devotion Label: Carrere ?– CAR 38-124 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Speciality  Country: US Released: 1980 Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop Style: Disco Tracklist  A1 Spacer 6:15 A2 Mayday 3:44 A3 Charge Plates And Credit Cards 4:26 A4 Misery 3:03 B1 King Of The World 4:37 B2 Cover Girls 3:17 B3 Your Love Is Good 4:50 B4 Don't Go 4:32 Companies, etc. Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Mastered At – Atlantic Studios Credits Backing Vocals – Alfa Anderson, Fonzi Thornton, Luci Martin, Michelle Cobbs Bass – Bernard Edwards Concertmaster – Gene Orloff Drums – Tony Thompson (2) Engineer – Bill Scheniman, Bob Clearmountain, Larry Alexander Engineer [Assistant] – Garry Rindfuss, Jeff Hendrickson, Peter Robbins, (Gamma) Ray Willard*  Guitar – Nile Rodgers Keyboards – Andy Schwartz, Raymond Jones Mastered By – Dennis King Photography By – John Shaw (6) Producer, Arranged By, Written-By, Conductor – Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Strings [Chic Strings] – Cheryl Hong, Karen Milne, Valerie Haywood Vocals – Sheila (5) Notes Fonzi Thornton & Michelle Cobbs appear courtesy of Bruce Wallace Mgt. Produced for The Chic Organization Ltd. ? © 1980 Carrere except A1, B4 ? © 1979 Carrere Printed in U.S.A.  

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

Whilst arguably one of the weakest singers Chic worked with at their writing/production peak, the songs, production and musicianship on this album is one of the group's best overall performances.  One for the Chic-ophiles...

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

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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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