ELTON JOHN, Tumbleweed Connection TRANSLUCENT VINYL UK 1st pressing LP

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  Elton John ?– Tumbleweed Connection Label: DJM Records (2) ?– DJLPS 410, DJM Records (2) ?– DJLPS.410 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Cover  Country: UK Released: 30 Oct 1970 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Soft Rock, Country Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Ballad Of A Well Known Gun Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar – Caleb Quaye Backing Vocals – Dusty Springfield, Kay Garner, Lesley Duncan, Madeline Bell, Tony Burrows, Tony Hazzard Bass Guitar – Dave Glover* Drums, Percussion – Roger Pope Piano – Elton John 4:59 A2 Come Down In Time Acoustic Bass – Chris Laurence Acoustic Guitar – Les Thatcher Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers Drums – Barry Morgan Harp – Skaila Kanga Oboe – Karl Jenkins 3:25 A3 Country Comfort Acoustic Guitar – Caleb Quaye Acoustic Guitar [12-String] – Les Thatcher Backing Vocals – Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers Drums – Barry Morgan Harmonica – Ian Duck Piano – Elton John Steel Guitar – Gordon Huntley Violin – Johnny Van Derek 5:08 A4 Son Of Your Father Backing Vocals – Kay Garner, Lesley Duncan, Madeline Bell, Sue And Sunny*, Tammi Hunt Bass Guitar – Dave Glover* Drums – Roger Pope Harmonica – Ian Duck Lead Guitar – Caleb Quaye Piano – Elton John 3:46 A5 My Father's Gun Backing Vocals – Dusty Springfield, Kay Garner, Lesley Duncan, Madeline Bell, Tony Burrows, Tony Hazzard Bass Guitar – Dave Glover* Drums – Roger Pope Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Caleb Quaye Piano – Elton John 6:19 B1 Where To Now St. Peter Backing Vocals – Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson Bass Guitar – Dave Glover* Drums – Roger Pope Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Caleb Quaye Piano – Elton John 4:12 B2 Love Song Written-By, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Lesley Duncan 3:40 B3 Amoreena Bass Guitar – Dee Murray Drums – Nigel Olsson Lead Guitar – Caleb Quaye Piano, Organ – Elton John 4:57 B4 Talking Old Soldiers Piano – Elton John 4:06 B5 Burn Down The Mission Acoustic Bass – Chris Laurence Acoustic Guitar – Les Thatcher, Mike Egan Backing Vocals – Elton John Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers Congas, Tambourine – Robin Jones Drums – Barry Morgan Organ – Brian Dee Piano – Elton John 6:21 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Trident Studios Copyright (c) – Dick James Music Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Credits Arranged By, Conductor – Paul Buckmaster Art Direction, Design [Sleeve design], Photography By [Inside Sleeve Photography] – David Larkham Coordinator – Steve Brown Engineer – Robin Geoffrey Cable Photography By [Cover Photograph], Photography By [Inside Sleeve Photography] – Ian Digby-Ovens Photography By [Inside Sleeve Photography] – Barrie Wentzell Producer – Gus Dudgeon Written-By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5)  Notes Recorded at Trident Studios. The record set includes a 10-page lyricbook attached inside the gatefold sleeve.  The sleeve comes in leather look textured sleeve with no writing on the rear sleeve.  Made in England on label and Sunbury has correct spelling. R.P.M. has full stops in between on label. First catalog number on sleeve and stapled booklet: DJLPS 410;  Second catalog number on label: DJLPS.410  

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON DARK MAROON/TRANSLUCENT VINYL (ONLY SEEN WHEN HELD TO A BRIGHT LIGHT, INDICATING LP WAS PRESSED BY PYE RECORDS FOR DJM) IN TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: DJLPS 410-A-3 /  SIDE B:  DJLPS 410 B-4.

MOTHER / STAMPER:  SIDE A:  G / 1.  SIDE B:  C / 1.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  BOOKLET VERY GOOD+.  INNER SLEEVE SUFERS FROM NICKS AND SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT A FEW HAIRLINES APPARENT. 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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