U2, The Joshua Tree TRANSLUCENT Masterdisk USA 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP

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  U2 ?– The Joshua Tree Label: Island Records ?– 90581-1, Island Records ?– 7 90581-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Rock Style: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock TracklistHide Credits A1 Where The Streets Have No Name 5:37 A2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 4:37 A3 With Or Without You 4:56 A4 Bullet The Blue Sky 4:32 A5 Running To Stand Still 4:18 B1 Red Hill Mining Town Arranged By [Brass], Conductor [Brass] – Paul Barrett Featuring – The Arklow Silver Band 4:52 B2 In God's Country 2:57 B3 Trip Through Your Wires 3:32 B4 One Tree Hill Recorded By [Radd Strings] – Bob Doidge Strings [Radd Strings] – The Armin Family 5:23 B5 Exit 4:13 B6 The Mothers Of The Disappeared 5:14 Companies, etc. Distributed By – ATCO Records Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – Island Records Ltd. Published By – Chappell (3) Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Recorded At – Windmill Lane Studios Mixed At – Windmill Lane Studios Mastered At – Masterdisk Credits Artwork – The Creative Department Backing Vocals – The Edge Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Programmed By [Dx7] – Brian Eno Backing Vocals, Tambourine, Guitar [Additional], Omnichord – Daniel Lanois Composed By – U2 Design, Layout – Steve Averill Engineer [Additional] – Dave Meegan, Pat McCarthy Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Mary Kettle (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1) Engineer [Mix] – Mark Wallace* (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1) Harmonica – Bono Lyrics By – Bono Mixed By – Steve Lillywhite (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1) Photography By – Anton Corbijn Producer – Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois Recorded By – Flood Technician [Studio Crew] – Des Broadbery, Joe O'Herlihy, Marc Coleman, Marion Smyth, Mary Gough,Tim Buckley (2), Tom Mullally Notes Recorded and Mixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. To the memory of Greg Carroll 1960-1986. Has E-A-S-T around the spindle. (See scan, where the "E" and the "T" are most visible from the scanned copy.)  Gatefold sleeve with poster. Catalogue number 7 90581-1 printed on spine. Some copies were released on translucent vinyl.  

USA FIRST PRESSING TRANSLUCENT VINYL [WHEN HELD TO A BRIGHT LIGHT] ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH POSTER INSERT AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ST-IL 876295-A DMM MASTERDISK 2-2  /  SIDE B:  ST-IL-876296-A DMM SP1-2 MASTERDISK .

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PRICE STICKER MARK ON FRONT. INSERT AND  INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND A BIT DUSTY. 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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