JOURNEY, Escape [with hype sticker] MASTERDISK USA 1st pressing LP FREE SHIPPING
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Journey – Escape Label: Columbia – TC 37408 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing Country: US Released: 1981 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock A1 Don't Stop Believin' 4:10 A2 Stone In Love 4:25 A3 Who's Crying Now 5:01 A4 Keep On Runnin' 3:39 A5 Still They Ride 3:48 B1 Escape 5:15 B2 Lay It Down 4:13 B3 Dead Or Alive 3:20 B4 Mother, Father Written-By – M. Schon* 5:28 B5 Open Arms 3:21 Recorded At – Fantasy Studios Mixed At – Fantasy Studios Mastered At – Columbia Mastering Mastered At – Masterdisk Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Artwork [Visual Concepts, Package Design], Photography By – Jim Welch (4) Bass, Vocals – Ross Valory Crew [Road Manager] – Pat Morrow Drums – Steve Smith (5) Engineer [Assistant] – Wally Buck Guitar, Vocals – Neal Schon Illustration – Stanley Mouse Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals – Jonathan Cain Lead Vocals – Steve Perry Management – Herbie Herbert Mastered By – Bob Ludwig Producer – Kevin Elson, Mike Stone Written-By – J. Cain*, N.Schon* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4), S. Perry* Title also known as "E5C4P3". Issued with embossed sleeve. "P" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing.
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: AL-37408-1AB o P A MASTERDISK HW / P o BL-37408-1AC B HW MASTERDISK.
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPEN SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER. INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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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