JOHN LENNON, Imagine [Apple+poster+card] BELL SOUND USA 1st pressing EXC- LP

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John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band* With Flux Fiddlers, The?– Imagine Label: Apple Records ?– SW 3379 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 09 Sep 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Imagine 2:59 A2 Crippled Inside 3:43 A3 Jealous Guy 4:10 A4 It's So Hard Saxophone – King Curtis 2:22 A5 I Don't Want To Be A Soldier Saxophone – King CurtisTambourine – Mike Pinder 6:01 B1 Give Me Some Truth 3:11 B2 Oh My Love 2:40 B3 How Do You Sleep 5:29 B4 How? 3:37 B5 Oh Yoko! 4:18 Companies etc Manufactured By– Apple Records, Inc. Published By– Maclen Music, Inc. Published By– Ono Music, Inc. Recorded At– Ascot Sound Studios Overdubbed At– Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mastered At– Bell Sound Studios Pressed By– Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Credits Bass, Maracas– Klaus Voorman*, Steve Brendell Composed By– John Lennon (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5), John Lennon & Yoko Ono (tracks: B2) Cover– Yoko Ono Drums– Alan White, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner Engineer– Eddie Beer, Eddie Klein, Eddie Veal, Eddie Offor*, Jack Douglas, Philip McDonald, Roy Sicala*, Shelly Yukus* Featuring– Flux Fiddlers, The Guitar– George Harrison, Joey Badfinger*, John Lennon, John Tout (2), Rod Linton, Ted Turner, Tommy Badfinger* Guitar [Dobro]– George Harrison Harmonium– John Barham Mastered By– sf* Orchestrated By– Torrie Zito Photography By– Yoko Ono Piano– John Lennon, Nicky Hopkins Producer– John & Yoko*, Phil Spector Typography– George Maciunas Vocals– John* Whistling– John Lennon Notes This release pressed in Winchester, VA. "Imagine the clouds dripping. Dig a hole in your garden to put them in." Yoko '63 Comes with inserts: * Poster of Lennon playing on piano in studio. * 4"x6" postcard of either Lennon Straddling a Pig, or a different image of a Nymph-Like photo of Yoko and Lennon

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP WITH POSTER, POSTCARD (YOKO IN TREE/LENNON PLAYING PIPES) AND ORIGINAL DIE-CUT LYRIC INNER SLEEVE.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available).

Many recent vinyl pressings claim to be mastered from ‘original tapes’ and are pressed on expensive 180g vinyl. Sonically, they frequently sound disappointing when compared to a decent condition first pressing. All too often, they sound like a CD pressed onto vinyl.

If you want the best analogue reproduction possible from vinyl, it is always a better investment to seek out original pressings in clean playing condition. They nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider, and subtle nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with the bass far tighter. Upper-mids shine, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer, and the music tends to sound more ‘alive’.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: SIDE A: SW-1-3379 Z13 #5 ?? Bell Sound sf / SIDE B: SW-2-3379 Z13 1-S ?? Bell Sound sf.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, RING AND EDGE WEAR. INNER SLEEVE IS VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS. POSTCARD HAS 'JOHN' PART OF CORNER COME AWAY AND A SMALL STAIN. POSTER EXCELLENT-.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES AND NO NOTICEABLE SPINDLE WEAR, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND TWO FINGERNAIL TYPE SCUFFS THAT ARE NOT SCRATCHES BUT ARE VISIBLE. CLEAN LABELS. THIS DISC DOES NOT LOOL PLAYED MUCH AND IS A SPLENDID PLAYING COPY WITH SUPERB AUDIO.

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