STEVE KHAN, Blades TEST PRESSING USA EXCELLENT- LP***

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Steve Khan ?– Blades Label: Passport Jazz ?– PJ 88001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing  Country: US Released: 1985 Genre: Jazz Style: Fusion Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Blades (for Wayne Gretzky) Written By – Khan* 10:45 A2 The Blue Shadow (for Folon) Written By – Khan* 11:45 B1 Penguin Village Written By – Khan* 11:49 B2 Modern Times Written By – Jackson*, Badrena*, Jordan*, Khan* 11:10 Companies, etc. Marketed By – Jem Records, Inc. Mastered At – Sterling Sound Manufactured By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp. Credits Artwork – Jean Michel Folon Bass – Anthony Jackson Drums, Mixed By – Steve Jordan Mastered By – Greg Calbi Percussion – Manolo Badrena Producer, Guitar, Mixed By – Steve Khan Producer, Mixed By – Doug Epstein Notes Test Pressing on white labels with black text + printed track details. Recorded “Live” at the Pit Inn on May 3-4, 1982, Tokyo, Japan  Remote Recoding by: CBS/Sony Studios  Mixed at: Media Sound, N.Y.C., N.Y. Mastered at: Sterling Sound Recorded in arrangement with PMC International, 1860 B’Way; N.Y.C., N.Y.  Originally released as "Modern Times" in 1982 by Trio Records (Japan), with the same artwork. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etched): PJ 88001-A HUB Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etched): PJ 88001-B HUB Matrix / Runout (Both sides, Stamped): STERLING

USA TEST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH PRINTED INSERT AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER CUT AND PROMO STAMP.  MARK ON LEFT TOP FRONT.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO 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.  

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