STEVIE WONDER, Music Of My Mind USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP

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Stevie Wonder – Music Of My Mind  Label: Tamla – T 314L, Tamla – T314L Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Superior Pressing, Gatefold Country: US Released: Mar 3, 1972 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk A1 Love Having You Around Trombone, Soloist – Art Baron Written-By – S. Wright* 7:21 A2 Superwoman Guitar, Soloist – Buzzy Feiton* 8:04 A3 I Love Every Little Thing About You 3:46 A4 Sweet Little Girl 4:54 B1 Happier Than The Morning Sun 5:18 B2 Girl Blue Written-By – Y. Wright* 3:35 B3 Seems So Long 4:27 B4 Keep On Running 6:35 B5 Evil Written-By – Y. Wright* 3:35 Record Company – Motown Record Corporation Copyright © – Motown Record Corporation Published By – Stein & Van Stock, Inc. Published By – Black Bull Music, Inc. Recorded At – Mediasound Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios Recorded At – Crystal Sound Mastered At – Tracy-Val Corporation Pressed By – Superior Record Pressing Corp., Somerdale, NJ Artwork [Cover Art And Montage] – Daniel Blumenau Composed By, Arranged By, Performer, Piano, Drums, Harmonica, Organ, Clavichord, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp], Synthesizer [Moog] – Stevie Wonder Graphics [Cover Graphics] – Graphic Projects, Inc. Photography By [Cover Photos] – Gaetano (4) Post Production [Production Support] – Centaur Music* Producer – Stevie Wonder Producer [Associate], Engineer [Engineering], Programmed By [Moog] – Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff Recorded By [Recordist] – Joan DeCola, Rick Rowe Written-By – S. Wonder* Production Support: Centaur Music. Recordists: Rick Rowe and Joan DeCola. Recorded at Media Sound and Electric Lady, N.Y. and Crystal Industries, L.A. Published by Stein & Van Stock, Inc. and Black Bull Music Inc. (ASCAP). First cat. # on labels Second cat. # on gatefold jacket Rights Society: ASCAP Matrix / Runout (A side label): HS-1933-3 
Matrix / Runout (B side label): HS-1934-3 Matrix / Runout (A side runout): TAMLA 314-L HS-1933-3 G.M.B. TVC Matrix / Runout (B side runout): TAMLA 314-L HS-1934-3 G.M.B. TVC

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+.

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, 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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