DOORS, The End [with helicopters] Apocalypse Now GERMAN PS 12 inch single

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  The Doors ?– The End / The Delta Label: Elektra ?– ELK 22032, Elektra ?– ELK 22 032 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Green Label  Country: Germany Released: 1979 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen Style: Experimental, Ambient, Soundtrack, Classic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A The End Written-By – The Doors 4:10 B The Delta Written-By – C. Coppola*, F. Coppola* 2:37 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Omni Zoetrope Made By – WEA Musik GmbH Notes From The Album "Apocalypse Now" (Original Motion Picture - Soundtrack) 52210  

GERMAN 12 INCH SINGLE IN PICTURE SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

This is the version with the helicopers panning across the speakers as they are in the opening scenes of the movie.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  SMALL PEN MARK TOP FRONT RIGHT.  INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: 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.

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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