GOLDEN EARRING, Moontan USA 1st press Exc- LP Radar Love FREE SHIP

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Golden Earring – Moontan  Label: MCA Records – MCA-396, Track Record – MCA-396 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gloversville Pressing Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock A1 Radar Love 6:24 A2 Candy's Going Bad 6:12 A3 Vanilla Queen 9:20 B1 Big Tree, Blue Sea 8:13 B2 Are You Receiving Me Written-By – J. Fenton* 9:32 Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Track Records Ltd. Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc. Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville Published By – Larry Shayne Music, Inc. Recorded At – Phonogram Studios Hilversum Mixed At – I.B.C. Studios Arranged By [Strings And Horns] – Job Maarse Bass, Keyboards [Moog And Others] – Rinus Gerritsen Drums, Percussion – Cesar Zuiderwijk Executive-Producer – Fred Haayen Guitar, Vocals [Second] – George Kooymans Mixed By – Damon Lyon-Shaw Photography By [Cover] – Ronnie Hertz Photography By [Live Photos] – Claude Vanheye Producer, Arranged By – Golden Earring Recorded By – Pieter Nieboer Saxophone [Guest Artist] – Bertus Borgers Slide Guitar [Guest Artist] – Eelco Gelling Vocals [Guest Artist] – Patricia Paay Vocals, Flute, Saxophone – Barry Hay Written-By – B. Hay*, G. Kooymans* Includes a 11½" X 11½" black and white insert with lyrics on one side and live band photos on the other side. Live photos of the band Claude Vanheye by courtesy of Muziek Parade. Special thanks to Jack Demo and Susan. Recorded In Holland.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN WITHDRAWN SLEEVE WITH INSERT AND ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INSERT AND INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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.