SOFT MACHINE, Alive And Well Recorded In Paris Harvest UK 1st pressing Exc- LP

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Soft Machine – Alive And Well Recorded In Paris Label: Harvest – SHSP 4083, Harvest – OC 062-60 438 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: Mar 1978 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 White Kite A2 Eos A3 Odds Bullets And Blades Pt I A4 Odds Bullets And Blades Pt II A5 Song Of The Sunbird A6 Puffin A7 Huffin B1 Number Three Written-By – John Etheridge Written-By – John Etheridge B2 The Nodder B3 Surrounding Silence Written-By – Rick Sanders* Written-By – Rick Sanders* B4 Soft Space Companies, etc. Record Company – EMI Records Ltd. Recorded At – Le Palace Théâtre Recorded At – Advision Studios Recorded By – Manor Mobile Mixed At – Advision Studios Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Soft Machine Music Ltd. Published By – Soft Machine Publishing Company Limited Pressed By – EMI Records Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Credits Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – John Etheridge Bass Guitar – Steve Cook (2) Design – Peter Shepherd (2) Drums, Percussion, Directed By – John Marshall Engineer – Paul Hardiman, Paul Northfield Executive-Producer – Sean Murphy Mastered By [Master Cutter] – Chris Blair Photography By – Daniel Decamps Photography By [Cover] – Peter Lavery Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Directed By – Karl Jenkins Producer – Mike Thorne Violin – Rick Sanders* Written-By – Karl Jenkins (tracks: A1 to A7, B2, B4) Notes Recorded in Paris at the Theatre Le Palace, Montmartre, from four concerts given there on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of July 1977, with the Manor Mobile Recording Unit. Additional recording and mixing at Advision Studios London. ℗ 1978 Soft Machine Music Ltd. Soft Machine Pub. Co. Ltd.-MCPS Made in Gt Britain EMI Records Ltd. Hayes Middlesex England Manufactured in Great Britain Title on front cover: Alive & Well · Recorded In Paris 

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: SHSP 4083 A-2 /  SIDE B: SHSP 4083 B-1.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A: 2 / RR.  SIDE B: 1 / RT.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A COUPLE OF FINGERPRINTS. LOOKS PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE, IF THAT. 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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