STARCASTLE, Fountains Of Light WHITE LABEL PROMO USA Excellent- LP FREE SHIPPING
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Starcastle – Fountains Of Light Label: Epic – PE 34375 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock A1 Fountains 10:25 A2 Dawning Of The Day 3:46 A3 Silver Winds 4:57 B1 True To The Light 6:27 B2 Portraits 5:03 B3 Diamond Song (Deep Is The Light) 5:36 Bass, Clavinet, Vocals – Gary Strater Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Stephen Tassler Engineer – Nick Blagona Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals – Stephen Hagler Guitar, Slide Guitar, Sitar [Electric Sitar], Vocals – Matthew Stewart Mastered By – George Marino Mixed By – Gary Lyons Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano – Herb Schildt Producer – Roy Thomas Baker Vocals – Terry Luttrell Written-By – Gary Strater, Herb Schildt, Matthew Stewart, Stephen Hagler, Stephen Tassler, Terry Luttrell Printed white labels. Some with timing sticker on cover. Inner sleeve with lyrics.
USA WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. 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, 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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