STALAG 13 In Control VG+ 1984 Upstart No. 5 1ST PRESS w Lyric Sleeve LA PUNK
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Vinyl: VG+ Play Graded. Sounds Great! Has some marks that don't affect the sound quality. Upstart Custom Labels are Clean and Bright. This is the RARE 1984 Upstart No. 5 1ST PRESSING!! This is exciting Hardcore from Oxnard Straight Edge Stalag 13! Contemporaries of Suicidal Tendencies, the guitar hooks here are tighter and the band itself is a beast! allmusic gives it 4 stars!!
See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax: Matrices, stamped. Complete Dead Wax information cheerfully provided upon request.
Cover: VG+ (see photos) Includes the RARE lyric sleeve that has a few tears in it, but it's all there! Nice high gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with some shelf wear and some light creases. Seams and spine are solid and clean, with some wear. No splits. No writing. Small price sticker. Spine print is mostly clear.
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All records are packaged securely with the vinyl outside the jacket (to avoid seam split in transit). The vinyl and jacket are sandwiched between two cardboard stiffeners and shipped in a custom cardboard record mailer box.
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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.
In Control Review
by Stewart Mason
[-]The only album by southern California skatepunks Stalag 13, 1984's In Control, is a time capsule of post-hardcore, pre-grunge punk rock. These songs rush past in a blur of hyper-speed guitars and whiplash tempo changes. What sets Stalag 13 apart from many of their scene contemporaries is their killer rhythm section; bassist John Morris and drummer Larry White, in comparison to most barely competent skatecore musicians, have genuine chops. Morris in particular drives the songs along as guitarists Dave Casillas and Blake Cruz blast pounding rhythm lines and quick, concise solos and singer Ron Baird howls the quasi-Straight Edge lyrics (song titles include "Clean Up Your Act," "In Control" and "I Don't Need It") in your basic hardcore scream. In Control is a better than average skate-punk document with a handful of particularly strong songs ? "Clean Up Your Act" and "What Are You Looking For" are minor classics of the genre ? but those who aren't already fans of the genre won't find much to change their minds.
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