SIMON & GARFUNKEL, Bookends [w/poster & hype sticker] USA Excellent- LP

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Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends Label: Columbia – KCS 9529 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Pitman Pressing Country: US Released: Genre: Rock, Pop, Stage & Screen Style: Folk Rock, Vocal Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Bookends Theme (Instrumental) A2 Save The Life Of My Child A3 America A4 Overs A5 Voices Of Old People Created By – P. Simon - A. Garfunkel* Created By – P. Simon - A. Garfunkel* A6 Old Friends A7 Bookends Theme B1 Fakin' It B2 Punky's Dilemma B3 Mrs. Robinson B4 A Hazy Shade Of Winter B5 At The Zoo Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Copyright © – Paul Simon Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Published By – Charing Cross Music Mastered At – Customatrix Credits Arranged By – Jimmy Haskell* (tracks: A6) Engineer, Producer – Roy Halee Photography By [Cover] – Richard Avedon Photography By [Poster] – Bob Cato, Don Hunstein Producer – Art Garfunkel Producer [Assistant] – Bob Johnston (tracks: B4, B5), John Simon (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2) Producer, Songwriter – Paul Simon Notes Early 1970s 2nd pressing. © Copyright 1967, 1968 by Paul Simon. World rights controlled by Charing Cross Music (BMI). A large, clear plastic combination title, catalogue number, Columbia colophon/logo and "SPECIAL BONUS FULL COLOR POSTER INCLUDED" hype sticker was affixed to the top front jacket portion of the shrink wrap. An additional hype sticker: "FEATURING the complete version of their hit MRS. ROBINSON" was also affixed to the shrink wrap of many copies. Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout (Side A matrix, label): XSM 11887 Matrix / Runout (Side B matrix, label): XSM 11888 Pressing Plant ID (Runouts, stamped): P Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 1): o XSM118887-1AB Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, o P 2 stamped, variant 1): o XSM118888-1G P  

USA SECOND STEREO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH POSTER AND GENERIC WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH PLASTIC OVERSTICKER, HYPE STICKER AND ORIGINAL STORE PRICE STICKER.   

DISC: 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.  

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