YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE, Odyssey [w/hype] USA 1st pressing LP

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Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force – Odyssey  Label: Polydor – 835 451-2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, HRM Country: US Released: 1988 Genre: Rock Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock A1 Rising Force A2 Hold On A3 Heaven Tonight A4 Dreaming (Tell Me) A5 Bite The Bullet A6 Riot In The Dungeons B1 Deja Vu B2 Crystal Ball B3 Now Is The Time B4 Faster Than The Speed Of Light B5 Krakatau B6 Memories Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc. Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc. Recorded At – Cherokee Studios Recorded At – House Of Music, West Orange, NJ Recorded At – Studio D, Austin Mixed At – Cherokee Studios Mixed At – Bearsville Studios Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc. Pressed By – Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By, Composed By, Electric Guitar, Producer – Yngwie J. Malmsteen* Art Direction – Michael Bays, Pat Drosins* Bass – Bob Daisley (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), Yngwie J. Malmsteen* (tracks: 3 to 7, 10 to 12) Design – Chris Thompson (18) Drums – Anders Johansson Engineer – Jeff Glixman Engineer [House Of Music] – John Rollo Executive-Producer – Jim Lewis Keyboards – Jens Johansson Lyrics By – Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7 to 10) Management – Larry Mazer Management [Agency Representative] – Phil Ernst Management [Agency] – ICM (2) Management [Associate Management] – Roni Jane Feldman Management [Business Management] – Bruce Kolbrenner Mixed By – Mike Barbiero*, Steve Thompson Mixed By [Assistant] – George Cowan Photography By – Mark "Weissguy" Weiss* Producer – Jeff "Björn" Glixman* Recorded By [Assistant], Mixed By [Assisted] – Scott Gordon Vocals – Joe Lynn Turner

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER AND ORIGINAL RECORD STORE PRICE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. 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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