ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, Out Of The Blue [+spaceshit+inserts] USA 1st EXC- 2LP

$

100

Electric Light Orchestra ?– Out Of The Blue Label: Jet Records ?– JTLA-823-L2, United Artists Records ?– JTLA-823-L2 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Specialty Pressing  Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style:   Tracklist  SIDE I: A1 Turn To Stone 3:48 A2 It's Over 4:08 A3 Sweet Talkin' Woman 3:48 A4 Across The Border 3:52 SIDE II: B1 Night In The City 4:02 B2 Starlight 4:38 B3 Jungle 3:51 B4 Believe Me Now 1:21 B5 Steppin' Out 4:38 SIDE III: Concerto For A Rainy Day C1 Standin' In The Rain 4:20 C2 Big Wheels 5:10 C3 Summer And Lightning 4:13 C4 Mr. Blue Sky 5:05 SIDE IV: D1 Sweet Is The Night 3:26 D2 The Whale 5:05 D3 Birmingham Blues 4:21 D4 Wild West Hero 4:40 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Copyright (c) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Copyright (c) – Jet Music Inc. Distributed By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Manufactured By – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc. Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Recorded At – Musicland Studios Mixed At – Musicland Studios Credits Arranged By [Orchestra And Choral Arrangements] – Jeff Lynne, Louis Clark, Richard Tandy Art Direction, Design – Ria Lewerke Art Direction, Design [With] – Kosh*  Cello [William Lewis Cello] – Hugh McDowell, Melvyn Gale Conductor [Orchestra] – Louis Clark Drums [Slingerland, Remo Roto Toms, Avedis Ziljian Cymbals, Slingerland 'Bev Bevan' Drumsticks, Remo Drum Heads], Gong, Percussion [Various Instruments], Backing Vocals – Bev Bevan Effects [Special Effects] – Mack (2) Engineer – Mack (2) Illustration [Cover] – Shusei Nagaoka Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Guitar [Gibson EDS 1275, Les Paul Custom, Marauder, Ovation 1615/4, 1619/4], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E.P. 200], Synthesizer [Mini-Moog], Percussion – Jeff Lynne Lyrics By – Jeff Lynne Mastered By – SR/2*  Music By – Jeff Lynne Other [Dance Sequence By] – Spratley´s Dancing Academy  Other [Spratley´s Dancing Academy Featuring] – Bladys Turvis, Goreen Turvis  Photography By [Portraits] – Michael Bryan (4) Producer – Jeff Lynne Synthesizer [Polymoog, Mini-Moog, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Omni, Sequencer, Minus Noise Mixer, SLM Concert Spectrum], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer E.P. 200, Yamaha C 7B Piano], Mellotron [M 400], Clavinet [Hohner], Guitar [Gibson S.G. Custom] – Richard Tandy Violin [Barcus Berry Violin] – Mik Kaminski Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass [Gibson G.3], Percussion – Kelly Groucutt Notes © ? 1977 United Artists Music & Records Group Inc. © 1977 United Artists Music Ltd. and Jet Music Incorporated. All rights for U.S.A. & Canada administered by Unart Music Corporation. Made in U.S.A. Mastered by Stan Ricker, possibly at ½ speed.  

USA FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH SPACESHIP, POSTER, T-SHIRT OFFER INSERT, ARTWORK OFFER INSERT AND ORIGINAL PRINTED CARD INNER SLEEVES.

This is the complete original package.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MNUS, JUST MINIMAL STORAGE WEAR.  SPACESHIP, INSERTS AND INNER SLEEVES ALL EXCELLENT MINUS.

DISCS: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS. This is truly a keeper copy.

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.