JACKSON BROWNE, Running On Empty WHITE LABEL PROMO USA LP David Lindley [Stay]

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Jackson Browne ?– Running On Empty Label: Asylum Records ?– 6E-113 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, PRC-W - PRC Compton Press  Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, AOR Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Running On Empty Written-By – Jackson Browne 5:20 A2 The Road Written-By – Danny O'Keefe 4:50 A3 Rosie Harmony Vocals [Harmony] – Doug Haywood, Joel Bernstein Written-By – Donald Miller (2), Jackson Browne 3:37 A4 You Love The Thunder Written-By – Jackson Browne 3:52 A5 Cocaine Lyrics By [Additional] – Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne Written-By – Rev. Gary Davis 4:55 B1 Shaky Town Harmony Vocals [The Author Sings Harmony], Written-By – Daniel Kortchmar* 3:36 B2 Love Needs A Heart Written-By – Jackson Browne, Lowell George, Valerie Carter 3:28 B3 Nothing But Time Snare, Hihat [Hi-hat], Drums [Cardboard Box With Foot Pedal] – Russell* Written-By – Howard Burke, Jackson Browne 3:05 B4 The Load-Out Written-By – Bryan Garofalo, Jackson Browne 5:38 B5 Stay Featuring [Featuring A Rare Vocal Appearance By], Vocals – David Lindley Written-By – Maurice Williams 3:28 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records Recorded At – Merriweather Post Pavilion Recorded At – Cross Keys Inn, Columbia Recorded At – Garden State Arts Center Recorded At – Saratoga Performing Arts Center Recorded At – Holiday Inn, Edwardsville Recorded At – Universal Amphitheatre Recorded By – Record Plant Mobile Studio Mixed At – The Sound Factory Mastered At – A&M Studios Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA Record Company – Warner Communications Inc. Published By – Swallow Turn Music Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. Published By – Road Canon Music Published By – Chandos Music Published By – Kortchmar Music Published By – Naked Snake Music Published By – Vanilla Grits Music Published By – Gianni Music Published By – Cherio Corp. Credits Art Direction, Design – Jimmy Wachtel Backing Vocals – Doug Haywood, Rosemary Butler Bass – Leland Sklar Coordinator [Tour Booked By] – Peter Golden Crew [Bus Driver] – Thomas Gustaferro Crew [House Mixer] – Jim Bornhorst Crew [Monitor Mixers] – Bill "Doc" Gans, Rance Caldwell Crew [Road Crew] – Bill Thompson (8), Ed Kolakowski, Eric Deterding, Jan Alahandro, Michael Deterding Crew [Truck Drivers] – Byron Lisenbee, Jimmy Deluca, Mike "Mountain Boy" Rogers Drums – Russell Kunkel*  Engineer – Greg Ladanyi Engineer [Assisted On Hotel And Bus Recordings] – David Hewitt, Mark Salwasser, Norman Mershan*  Engineer [Assisted On Stage Recordings] – Russell Schmitt, Tom Walsh (3) Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar – David Lindley Guitar – Danny Kortchmar Guitar, Piano, Producer – Jackson Browne Keyboards – Craig Doerge Lighting [Lighting Crew] – Alan Owen (2), Jim Waits, Kevin Di Piazza Mastered By – Bernie Grundman Mixed By [Assisted By] – Dennis Kirk, George Ybarra Other [Spasmodic Woman] – Joann Madden  Other [The Kid] – Steven Deluca  Photography By [Where Noted] – Aaron Rapoport Photography By, Photography By [Tour Photographer] – Joel Bernstein Producer – Jackson Browne Production Manager – Donald "Buddha" Miller*  Production Manager [Tour Manager] – Howard Burke Technician [Technical Advisor] – Chris Cabral Technician [With Thanks To] – Dave Hassinger, Jim Nipar Notes Promotional copy: label white with "Promotion Copy Not For Sale" printed on both sides, cover may have large round NFS sticker. Includes custom inner lyric sleeve and 8 page booklet.  

USA WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH PROMO STICKER, BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: SIDE ONE EXCELLENT MINUS WITH NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES.  SIDE TWO VERY GOOD+ DUE TO ONE SMALL LIGHT SCRATCH AT START THAT CLICKS FOR 3 REVOLUTIONS, OTHERWISE JUST A FEW 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.