SWEET, Level Headed USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP FREE SHIPPING
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Sweet – Level Headed Label: Capitol Records – SKAO-11744 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1978 Genre: Rock Style: Glam, AOR, Pop Rock A1 California Nights Lead Vocals – Steve Priest 3:39 A2 Silverbird Lead Vocals – Brian Connolly 3:24 A3 Dream On Lead Vocals – Andy Scott (2) 2:50 A4 Fountain Lead Vocals – Andy Scott (2) 4:12 A5 Love Is Like Oxygen Lead Vocals – Brian Connolly 6:49 B1 Anthem No. I (Lady Of The Lake) Lead Vocals – Brian Connolly 4:08 B2 Strong Love Lead Vocals – Brian Connolly 3:28 B3 Letters D'amour Lead Vocals – Brian Connolly Vocals [Vocal Assistance] – Stevie Langham* 3:27 B4 Anthem No. II 0:58 B5 Air On 'A' Tape Loop Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Synthesizer Voice] – Steve Priest Guitar, Synthesizer – Andy Scott (2) Lead Vocals – Brian Connolly Percussion – Mick Tucker 5:59 Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc. Produced For – Chinebridge Ltd. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc. Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc. Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Published By – Sweet Publishing Ltd. Published By – WB Music Corp. Engineered At – Le Château D'Hérouville Engineered At – Kingsway Recorders Mastered At – Capitol Mastering Arranged By [Strings] – Geoff Westley Artwork – Terry Pastor Brass – Ron Aspery Composed By – Scott* (tracks: A1 - B5), Connolly* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 - B4), Tucker* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 - B5), Priest* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 - B4), Griffin* (tracks: A5) Engineer – Louie Austin* Keyboards – Geoff Westley Lacquer Cut By – KP* Photography By – Dick Barnett Producer – Sweet* Sleeve [Design] – Norman Goodman (2) Wind [Baroque] – Richard Harvey (2) Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester pressing.
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 AND FINGERPRINTS. 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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