TOWER OF POWER, Back To Oakland USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP FREE SHIPPING

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Tower Of Power – Back To Oakland  Label: Warner Bros. Records – BS 2749 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing Country: US Released: Feb 18, 1974 Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul Style: Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk A1 Oakland Stroke... Written-By – David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka 0:53 A2 Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) Arranged By – Tower Of Power Backing Vocals – Marilyn Scott, Pepper Watkins Written-By – J. Watson*, Lenny Williams 4:28 A3 Just When We Start Makin' It Arranged By – Greg Adams Backing Vocals – Marilyn Scott, Pepper Watkins Conductor [Strings] – Greg Adams Written-By – Emilio Castillo, Lenny Williams, Stephen Kupka 6:30 A4 Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong) Arranged By – Greg Adams, Tower Of Power Backing Vocals – Marilyn Scott, Pepper Watkins Written-By – Emilio Castillo, Lenny Williams, Stephen Kupka 3:00 A5 Squib Cakes Arranged By – Chester Thompson (2) Written-By – Chester Thompson (2) 7:49 B1 Time Will Tell Arranged By – Greg Adams Backing Vocals – Alice Thompson, Marilyn Scott Trombone – Kell Houston, Ray Gillette Written-By – Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka 3:11 B2 Man From The Past Arranged By – Tower Of Power Conductor [Strings] – Greg Adams Written-By – Emilio Castillo, Lenny Williams, Stephen Kupka 4:00 B3 Love's Been Gone So Long Arranged By – Greg Adams Conductor [Strings] – Greg Adams Written-By – Bruce Conte 4:47 B4 I Got The Chop Arranged By – Tower Of Power Written-By – Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka 2:59 B5 Below Us, All The City Lights Arranged By – Greg Adams Conductor [Strings] – Harry Betts Flute, Alto Flute, Alto Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Bud Shank French Horn – David Duke, Richard Perissi, Vincent DeRosa Trombone – Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard* Written-By – Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka 4:20 B6 ...Oakland Stroke Written-By – David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka 1:08 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Recorded At – Kaye-Smith Studios Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito Mastered At – Kendun Recorders Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Published By – Kuptillo Music Published By – Len-Lon Music Published By – Cheson Music Published By – Zombezi Music Arranged By [Strings] – Greg Adams Baritone Saxophone, English Horn, Backing Vocals – Stephen Kupka Bass – Francis Rocco Prestia Congas – Brent Byars Design [Album], Photography By – Bruce Steinberg Drums – David Garibaldi Engineer [Recording At Kaye-smith Studio, Remix At Record Plant] – Jim Gaines Engineer [Recording Record Plant] – Tom Flye Engineer [Sound Production At Kaye-smith Studios And Record Plant, , Remix At Record Plant] – Alan Chinowsky Guitar, Backing Vocals – Bruce Conte Lead Vocals – Lenny Williams Organ, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals], Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Chester Thompson (2) Producer – Tower Of Power Producer [Supervision] – Emillo Castillo* Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute, Alto Flute – Lenny Pickett Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals – Emilio Castillo Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Bells [Orchestral], Backing Vocals – Greg Adams Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Backing Vocals – Mic Gillette

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

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.