GORDON LIGHTFOOT, Summer Side Of Life USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP

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Gordon Lightfoot – Summer Side Of Life  Label: Reprise Records – MS-2037 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing Country: US Released: 1971 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic A1 10 Degrees & Getting Colder 2:43 A2 Miguel 4:09 A3 Go My Way 2:13 A4 Summer Side Of Life 4:05 A5 Cotton Jenny 3:21 A6 Talking In Your Sleep 2:56 B1 Nous Vivons Ensemble 3:45 B2 Same Old Loverman 3:21 B3 Redwood Hill 2:48 B4 Love & Maple Syrup 3:13 B5 Cabaret 5:49 Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Recorded At – Woodland Studios Bass – Richard Haynes* Engineer – Rick Horton Guitar – Red Shea Musician – Bob Phillips, Buddy Harman, Charlie McCoy, Chip Young, Dave Brown (14), Farrell Morris, Hargus Robbins, Henry Strzelecki, James Rolleston, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Isbell, Junior Huskey, Kenneth Buttrey*, Vasser Clements* Producer – Joe Wissert Voice – Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Laverna Moore, Mildred Kirkham*, Neal Matthews, Ray Walker (2) Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot Recorded December, 1970 through April, 1971 at Woodlands Sound Studios, Nashville "1T" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN TEXTURED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW 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, 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.  

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