THE BEATLES 1967-1970 VG++ 1973 Apple SKBO 3404 2 LP PROMO 1ST PRESS WINCHESTER

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Vinyl:  VG++ Play Graded.  Sounds Great!  There is a 15 second repeating soft tick sound deep in the background of side 2 song 1.  There are some other marks that don't affect the sound quality (I even verified by listening on headphones!)  Apple Photo Labels are Clean and Bright.  This is the Double LP 1973 Apple PROMO 1st Pressing! SKBO 3404.   Released April 2, 1973.  This is the audiophile acclaimed pressing, mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling sound, NYC and Pressed at Capitol's Renowned Winchester, PA Pressing Plant!!  Quintessential Mid to Late Era Beatles,...Here are the Sounds that kept their Legend relevant into the Present time:  the height of their experimental era and their final, matured, Masterwork era.  Sgt Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be, some of their most emblematic songs here.  Allmusic gives it 4 1/2 stars!!
See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax:  Matrices, etched.  Also, on all 4 sides:  LH STERLING ((Mastered by Lee Hulko of Sterling Sound, NYC))  and the glyph for Capitol's Winchester, PA Pressing Plant.   Complete Dead Wax information cheerfully given upon request.        Cover: VG++ (see photos)  Gatefold.  Includes the Custom sleeves with the lyrics to all the songs.  PROMO hole punch.  Sing along!  Has the captivating Gatefold photo of the Lads in a park with admirers young and old and in-between.  Epic.  Front, back and Gatefold of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with minimal wear.  Seams and spine are solid and clean, with minimal wear.  No splits.  No writing.  Spine print is crystal clear.
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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.    

AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Assembling a compilation of the Beatles is a difficult task, not only because they had an enormous number of hits, but also because singles didn't tell the full story; many of their album tracks were as important as the singles, if not more so. The double-album 1962-1966, commonly called The Red Album, does the job surprisingly well, hitting most of the group's major early hits and adding important album tracks like "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," "Drive My Car," "Norwegian Wood," and "In My Life." Naturally, there are many great songs missing from the 26-track 1962-1966, and perhaps it would have made more sense to include the Revolver cuts on its companion volume, 1967-1970, yet The Red Album captures the essence of the Beatles' pre-Sgt. Pepper records.