STEELY DAN, Pretzel Logic USA 1st pressing EXC- LP Rikki Don't Lose That Number

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Steely Dan ‎– Pretzel Logic Label: ABC Records ‎– ABCD-808 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4:30 A2 Night By Night 3:36 A3 Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3:05 A4 Barrytown 3:17 A5 East St. Louis Toodle-oo Written-By – Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington 2:45 B1 Parker's Band 2:36 B2 Through With Buzz 1:30 B3 Pretzel Logic 4:28 B4 With A Gun 2:15 B5 Charlie Freak 2:41 B6 Monkey In Your Soul 2:31 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc. Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc. Engineered At – The Village Recorder Overdubbed At – Cherokee Studios Mixed At – Cherokee Studios Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Published By – American Broadcasting Music, Inc. Mastered At – Customatrix Published By – Red Giant Music, Inc. Published By – Mills Music, Inc. Credits Art Direction, Photography By [Inside] – Ed Caraeff Design – David Larkham Engineer – Roger (The Immortal) Nichols*  Lacquer Cut By [Az In Runouts] – Allen Zentz Management [Personal] – Kudo III Orchestrated By – Jimmie Haskell Other [Security] – Karen Stanley  Other [Special Thanks] – Tubby, Bruce, Dee  Performer [Special Thanks] – Ben Benay, Chuck Rainey, David Paich, Dean Parks, Ernie Watts, Jeff Porcaro, Jerome Richardson, Jim Gordon, Lew McCreary, Michael Omartian, Ollie Mitchell, Plas Johnson, Timothy B. Schmit(tracks: Tim Schmitt), Victor Feldman, Wilton Felder Photography By [Cover] – Raenne Rubenstein*  Producer – Gary Katz Written-By – D. Fagan* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6), W. Becker* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6)  Notes Black ABC labels Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing denoted by "P" stamp in runouts. Label shows A5 as "East St. Louis Toodle-O" Fuzz box — Courtesy of Valley Sound  Tim Schmit — Courtesy of Epic Records  Engineered at the Village Recorder, West Los Angeles. Overdub and mixdown at Cherokee Sound, Chatsworth, Calif. A1 to A3: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP) A4: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. / Red Giant Music, Inc. A5: Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP) B1: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. / Red Giant Music, Inc. (ASCAP) B2 to B4: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP) B5: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. / Red Giant Music, Inc. (ASCAP) B6: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP)  

USA BLACK LABEL FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: P ABCD 808-A RE2 Az  / SIDE B: P ABCD 808-B RE2 Az x B.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. A FEW SCUFFS AND SMALL PEN MARK ON REAR BOTTOM.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. 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.

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.  

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