TOTO, Toto IV [Mastering Lab] USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP Africa/Rosanna

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Toto – Toto IV Label: Columbia – FC 37728 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing, TML Mastering Country: US Released: 1982 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock Tracklist A1 Rosanna 5:32 A2 Make Believe 3:43 A3 I Won't Hold You Back 4:56 A4 Good For You 3:18 A5 It's A Feeling 3:06 B1 Afraid Of Love 3:52 B2 Lovers In The Night 4:27 B3 We Made It 3:56 B4 Waiting For Your Love 4:13 B5 Africa 4:55 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Copyright © – CBS Inc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Mastered At – The Mastering Lab Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorded At – Record One, Los Angeles Credits Bass – David Hungate Drums, Percussion – Jeff Porcaro Engineer – Al Schmitt, Tom Knox Guitar, Vocals – Steve Lukather Keyboards, Vocals – Steve Porcaro Mastered By – Doug Sax Mixed By, Engineer – Greg Ladanyi Producer – TOTO Recorded By – David Leonard, Peggy McCreary, Terry Christian Vocals – Bobby Kimball  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: P o PAL 37728 2K TML-M /  SIDE B: P o PBL 37728 2A TML-M.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   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, 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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