JONI MITCHELL, Clouds [with Both Sides Now] USA 1st pressing LP

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  Joni Mitchell ?– Clouds Label: Reprise Records ?– RS 6341 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock TracklistHide Credits A1 Tin Angel Producer – Paul Rothchild* 4:06 A2 Chelsea Morning 2:30 A3 I Don't Know Where I Stand 3:10 A4 That Song About The Midway 4:33 A5 Roses Blue 3:47 B1 The Gallery 4:06 B2 I Think I Understand 4:22 B3 Songs To Aging Children Come 3:03 B4 The Fiddle And The Drum 2:45 B5 Both Sides, Now 4:30 Credits Art Direction – Ed Thrasher Bass, Guitar – Stephen Stills Engineer – Henry Lewy Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Artwork, Written-By – Joni Mitchell Notes Made in USA  Original 1969 U.S. pressing with orange and tan Reprise Steamboat label.   

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON RED STEAMBOAT TOP TAN LABEL IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

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.  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.  

MATRIX:  SIDE A:   O T 30885 RS6341A 1B 1 A11 /  SIDE B:  O T 30886 RS 6341B - 1B-1 1 6.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE BOTTOMSEAM SPLIT.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

 
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