STRAWBS, Dragonfly [with insert] UK 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP Prog-Folk-Psych

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Strawbs ?– Dragonfly Label: A&M Records ?– AMLS 970 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: UK Released: Feb 1970 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Tracklist Hide Credits A1 The Weary Song Written-By – Cousins* 3:50 A2 Dragonfly Written-By – Cousins* 5:34 A3 I Turned My Face Into The Wind Written-By – Cousins* 2:42 A4 Josephine For Better Or For Worse Written-By – Cousins* 3:17 A5 Another Day Written-By – Cousins* 3:16 B1 Til The Sun Comes Shining Through Written-By – Cousins* 3:34 B2 Young Again Written-By – Hooper* 2:51 B3 The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake Written-By – Cousins* 10:44 B4 Close Your Eyes Written-By – Hooper* 0:56 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Ivar Rosenberg Lydteknik Recorded At – Morgan Studios Mixed At – Trident Studios Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Published By – Strawberry Music (5) Credits Cello – Claire Deniz Design, Illustration – Roger Saunders (2) Double Bass – Ron Chesterman Drums – Bjarne Rostvold (tracks: B3)  Engineer – Roger Quested Lead Guitar – Paul Brett (tracks: B3)  Piano – Rick Wakeman (tracks: B3)  Producer, Engineer, Effects [Percussive] – Tony Visconti Recorder – Tony Visconti (tracks: A2, B2)  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer, Piano [Chinese], Percussion – David Cousins*  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Tambourine, Percussion – Tony Hooper Notes Recorded at Rosenberg Lydteknik, Copenhagen Additional recording at Morgan Studios, London, mixed at Trident Studios, London UK 1st Pressing: - Textured Single Cover - Brown (Tan) A&M Label - No A&M trademark info includes Lyrics Insert.  

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON TRANSLUCENT MAROON VINYL (WHEN HELD TO LIGHT) IN TEXTURED SLEEVE WITH LYRIC INSERT AND NEW DISKEEPER ANTI-STATIC INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: AMLS 970-A-1 /  SIDE B: AMLS 970-B-1.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  INSERT VERY GOOD+. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEARLY A SELDOM PLAYED COPY. 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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