ATLANTIS, Live [Vertigo] GERMAN 1st pressing EXCELLENT- 2LP

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  Atlantis (12) ?– Live Label: Vertigo ?– 6623 900 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: Germany Released: 1975 Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop Style: Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Friends Written-By – Rumpf* 8:15 A2 Ooh Baby Written-By – Conti*, Rumpf* 3:52 A3 Somewhere Written-By – Askew*, Conti* 5:36 B1 It's Getting Better Written-By – Rumpf* 6:41 B2 Waiting And Longing Written-By – Rumpf* 3:31 B3 Brother Written-By – Rumpf* 5:29 B4 Rock 'N' Roll Preacher Written-By – Diez* 3:53 C1 New York City Written-By – Askew* 3:48 C2 Mr. Bigshot Written-By – Askew*, Conti* 5:43 C3 Mainline Florida Written-By – Terry* 6:16 D1 Godfather Written-By – Askew*, Conti* 3:18 D2 Going To The Country Written-By – Rumpf* 4:55 D3 Rock Me Baby Arranged By – Atlantis (12) Written-By – Trad.* 4:31 D4 Leave It To The Devil Written-By – Askew* 3:39 Companies, etc. Remixed At – Dierks Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram GmbH Pressed By – Phonodisc GmbH Published By – Phonogram GmbH Published By – Breeze Music Published By – Capriccio (6) Published By – Aberbach Published By – Casserole Music Corp. Recorded At – Fabrik, Hamburg Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH Credits Bass – Karl-Heinz Schott Drums, Percussion, Cymbal – Ringo Funk Engineer – Dieter Dierks Engineer [Assistant] – Heiner Friesz Guitar, Vocals – Alex Conti Keyboards, Vocals – Adrian M. Askew*  Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Inga Rumpf Photography By – Rainer Drechsler Photography By, Design – Jens Ehlers Producer – Dieter Dierks Notes Recorded live at "Fabrik" Hamburg with the Dierks-Recording Mobile  Remixed at Dierks Studios Cologne  Printed in Germany  Herausgeber: PHONOGRAM GmbH, Hamburg  Comes with gatefold cover.  Published by:  - Breeze Music, CH (tracks A1 to A3, C1, C2, D1, D4)  - Capriccio (tracks B1 to B3, D2)  - Aberbach (track B4)  - Casserole Music (C3)  ? 1974/1975 PHONOGRAM GmbH  On cover and on label the length of Track A1 is written wrong (3:15) which one can proof by simply looking at the record. Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: GEMA Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped): 10 AA9299497 1Y 320 Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped): 10 AA9299497 2Y 320 Matrix / Runout (C-side, stamped): 10 AA9299498 1Y 320 Matrix / Runout (D-side, stamped): 10 AA9299498 2Y 320  

GERMAN FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ONE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE AND ONE GENERIC WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PRICE STICKER MARK ON FRONT AND CORNER BUMPS. INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: 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.

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.  

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