JIMMY SMITH, At The Organ, Volume 3 [Blue Note] Van Gelder ear USA LP FREE SHIP

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Jimmy Smith – At The Organ, Volume 3 Label: Blue Note – BLP 1525 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono Country: US Released: 1962 Genre: Jazz Style: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz A1 Judo Mambo Written-By – Jimmy Smith A2 Willow Weep For Me Written-By – Ronell* A3 Lover Come Back To Me Written-By – Hammerstein*, Romberg* B1 Well You Needn't Written-By – Thelonious Monk B2 Fiddlin' The Minors Written-By – Jimmy Smith B3 Autumn Leaves Written-By – Prevert*, Kosma* B4 I Cover The Waterfront Written-By – Heyman*, Green* Record Company – Blue Note Records Inc. Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Pressed By – Plastylite Design [Cover] – Reid K. Miles* Drums – Donald Bailey Guitar – Thornel Schwartz Lacquer Cut By – RVG* Liner Notes – Leonard Feather Organ – Jimmy Smith Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff Producer – Alfred Lion Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder Recorded on June 17 & 18, 1956. Label has large pressing ring and reads "Blue Note Records Inc - New York USA" (in use between 1962 - 1966). "RVG" and "Plastylite Ear" inscribed in run-out groove.  

USA 1962 DEEP GROOVE MONO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: RVG BN-LP-1525-A. P [Plastylite Ear] 9M; SIDE B: RVG BN-LP-1525-B. P [Plastylite Ear] 9M.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. LIGHT PEN MARKS.   INNER SLEEVE HAS SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT A FEW LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS. 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.