S.O.S. BAND, Sands Of Time [with hype] USA 1st pressing Exc- LP FREE SHIPPING

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The S.O.S. Band – Sands Of Time  Label: Tabu Records – FZ 40279, Tabu Records – Z 40279 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing Country: US Released: 1986 Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul Style: Electro, Synth-pop, Soul, Contemporary R&B A1 Even When You Sleep 4:08 A2 Sands Of Time 4:28 A3 Borrowed Love 5:26 A4 Nothing But The Best 4:48 B1 The Finest Guest, Vocals [Special Guest Vocalist] – Alexander O'Neal, Cherrelle 6:09 B2 No Lies 4:58 B3 Two Time Lover Producer – The S.O.S. Band Written-By – J. Bryant, Jr.*, J. Thomas*, Lloyd Oby 4:30 B4 Do You Still Want To? Producer – The S.O.S. Band Written-By – J. Bryant, Jr.*, J. Thomas*, R. Bryant* 4:57 B5 Sands Of Time (Reprise) 0:28 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Copyright © – CBS Inc. Manufactured By – CBS Records Inc. Distributed By – CBS Records Inc. Recorded At – Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Recorded At – Crawford Post Production Mixed At – Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering Designed At – Prima Vista Studios Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Mastered At – Customatrix Art Direction, Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Dale Wehlacz Coordinator [A&R] – Robin Tucker (2) Engineer [Assistant & Mix] – Steve Hodge Engineer [Mastering] – Brian Gardner Engineer [Recording] – Tom Race Executive-Producer [For Flyte Tyme Productions Inc.] – Jimmy J★m & Terry Lewis* Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀], Mastered By – Brian Gardner Management [Manager] – Bob Schwaid Management [The Boss] – Clarence Avant Musician [Additional] – Jellybean Johnson, Jimmy J★m*, Lisa Keith, Stewart Hanley, Terry Lewis, Kurt Mitchel* Producer, Engineer [Recording] – Jimmy J★m & Terry Lewis* (tracks: A1 to B2, B5) Vocals [Additional Vocalist] – Fredi Grace, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, Jimmy J★m*, Lisa Keith, Lloyd Oby, Terry Lewis Written-By – T. Lewis-J. Harris III* (tracks: A1 to B2, B5)

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPEN SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE HAS SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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.