TALKING HEADS, Fear Of Music USA 1st pressing EXC- LP Eno [Life During Wartime]

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Talking Heads ?– Fear Of Music Label: Sire ?– SRK 6076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing  Country: US Released: Aug 1979 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Art Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 I Zimbra Backing Vocals – Julie Last Congas – Ari*, Gene Wilder Guitar – Robert Fripp Written-By – H. Ball* Written-By, Backing Vocals – Brian Eno, David Byrne 3:06 A2 Mind 4:12 A3 Paper 2:36 A4 Cities 4:05 A5 Life During Wartime Congas – Ari*, Gene Wilder 3:41 A6 Memories Can't Wait 3:30 B1 Air Backing Vocals – The Sweetbreathes 3:33 B2 Heaven 4:01 B3 Animals 3:29 B4 Electric Guitar 2:59 B5 Drugs 5:13 Companies, etc. Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Recorded By – Record Plant Mobile Studio Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company Copyright (c) – Sire Records Company Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Published By – Index Music, Inc. Published By – Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. Published By – E.G. Music Ltd. Recorded At – The Hit Factory Recorded At – Atlantic Studios Recorded At – RPM Studios Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mixed At – The Hit Factory Mixed At – Atlantic Studios Mixed At – RPM Studios Mixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mastered At – Sterling Sound Credits Cover [Concept] – Jerry Harrison Engineer – Neil Teeman*, Rod O'Brian*  Engineer [Additional Recording] – Joe Barbaria Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Martinez, Julie Last, Tom Heid Mastered By – Greg Calbi Producer – Brian Eno, Talking Heads Written-By – David Byrne (tracks: A2 to B5)

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN EMBOSSED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: SRK•1•6076-WW1 #7 ?? STERLING GC. /  SIDE B: SRK•2•6076-WW1 #2 ?? STERLING GC..

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS. INCREDIBLE, PUNCHY AUDIO ON THESE FAIRLY THICK VINYL WINCHESTER PRESSINGS.

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.