SIMON & GARFUNKEL, Sounds Of Silence PROMO stereo USA EXC- LP Tiger Beat sleeve

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Simon & Garfunkel ?– Sounds Of Silence Label: Columbia ?– PC 9269, Columbia ?– CL 2469, Columbia ?– CS 9269 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Terre Haute/Santa Marie  Country: US Released:   Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic, Folk, Pop Rock TracklistHide Credits A1 The Sounds Of Silence Written-By – P. Simon* 3:02 A2 Leaves That Are Green Written-By – P. Simon* 2:21 A3 Blessed Written-By – P. Simon* 3:14 A4 Kathy's Song Written-By – P. Simon* 3:16 A5 Somewhere They Can't Find Me Written-By – P. Simon* 2:34 A6 Anji Written-By – D. Graham* 2:15 B1 Richard Cory Written-By – P. Simon* 2:56 B2 A Most Peculiar Man Written-By – P. Simon* 2:29 B3 April Come She Will Written-By – P. Simon* 1:49 B4 We've Got A Groovey Thing Goin' Written-By – P. Simon* 1:55 B5 I Am A Rock Written-By – P. Simon* 2:50 Companies, etc. Copyright (c) – Eclectic Music Co. Published By – Eclectic Music Co. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute – Side 1 Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria – Side 2 Mastered At – Customatrix Credits Photography By [Cover] – Guy Webster Producer – Bob Johnston Notes Mixed pressing plant issue. On cover - Simon & Garfunkel in white lettering, Sounds of Silence in green with song listing below. Tiger Beat magazine image NOT airbrushed out of back cover.  CAT# PC 9269 on spine and labels. CAT# CL 2469 on front and back covers CAT# 9269 on front cover CAT# CS 9269 on back cover   

USA PROMO STAMPED 1970s/EARLY 1980s pre-barcode STEREO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE. 

Interestingly, Columbia used the original 'Tiger Beat' magazine rear cover, which was airbrushed out after the first pressing - see Garfunkel' solo photo on rear.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:   o XSM112380-1AD I T E  /  SIDE B:  o XSM112381-1AL SXT.

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

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. A GLORIOUS PLAYING COPY. 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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