STEELY DAN, The Royal Scam UK 1st pressing A1/B1 EXC- LP AUDIOPHILE STAMPER
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Steely Dan ?– The Royal Scam Label: ABC Records ?– ABCL 5161 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Black Labels Country: UK Released: 1976 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Tracklist A1 Kid Charlemagne 4:38 A2 The Caves Of Altamira 3:33 A3 Don't Take Me Alive 4:19 A4 Sign In Stranger 4:22 A5 The Fez 3:59 B1 Green Earrings 4:05 B2 Haitian Divorce 5:50 B3 Everything You Did 3:54 B4 The Royal Scam 6:31 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc. – ABCD 931 Copyright (c) – Anchor Records Ltd. Published By – Anchor Music Ltd. Marketed By – Anchor Records Ltd. Engineered At – A&R Studios Engineered At – ABC Recording Studios Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Credits Art Direction, Design – Ed Caraeff Artwork [Cover Art] – Charlie Ganse, Zox (3) Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Michael McDonald, Sherlie Matthews, Tim Schmit*, Venetta Fields Bass – Chuck Rainey Design, Typography [Typographic Design] – Tom Nikosey Drums – Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta Engineer – Elliot Shiner* Engineer [Mix Down] – Barney Perkins Engineer, Engineer [Mix Down] – Roger Nichols Guitar – Dean Parks, Dennis Dias*, Elliot Randall*, Larry Carlton Guitar, Bass – Walter Becker Horns – Bob Findley, Jim Horn, John Klemmer, Plas Johnson, Slyde Hyde Horns, Arranged By [Horns] – Chuck Findley Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Paul Griffin, Victor Feldman Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen Other [Nurse] – Karen Stanley Percussion – Gary Coleman, Victor Feldman Producer – Gary Katz Technician [Techno] – Bob DeAvila, Stuart Dawson*, Warren Wallace Written-By – Griffin* (tracks: A5) Written-By, Arranged By [Horns] – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker Notes ? 1976 ABC Records Inc. Made in Gt Britain © 1976 Anchor Music Ltd. Printed in Great Britain by G & L An ABC Records USA Recording Marketed by Anchor Records Ltd. ? © 1976 _ Black label with ABC logo on top. Issued with a printed cardboard inner sleeve presenting lyrics and an image. Label has track A2 as "The Caves Of Altmira"
UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
We have play-checked this UK 1st pressing on quality CBS vinyl and it has truly stunning audio and quiet surfaces. The only pressing better than this was the Santa Maria USA white label promo and a test pressing, and both of those are on inferior Columbia vinyl.
MATRIX: SIDE A: ABCL·5161·A1 / SIDE B: ABCL·5161·B1.
MOTHER / STAMPER: SIDE A: A / 5. SIDE B: A / 5.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW 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.
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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