VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, '68 - '71 PINK SCROLL UK 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP
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Van Der Graaf Generator – '68 - '71 Label: Charisma – CS 2, Charisma – CS. 2 Series: Charisma Perspective Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Pink Scroll labels Country: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Afterwards 4:53 A2 The Boat Of Millions Of Years 3:30 A3 Whatever Would Robert Have Said? 7:00 A4 Lost 11:00 B1 Necromancer 3:30 B2 Refugees 6:00 B3 Darkness 7:40 B4 Killer Written-By – Banton*, Smith*, Hammill* Written-By – Banton*, Smith*, Hammill* 8:43 Companies, etc. Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Marketed By – B&C Records Ltd. Manufactured By – B&C Records Ltd. Distributed By – B&C Records Ltd. Printed By – E.J. Day Group Made By – E.J. Day Group Published By – MRC Music Published By – Stratsong Credits Design [Sleeve Design] – Paul Whitehead Drums – Judge Smith Guitar – Robert Fripp Mastered By – RAYS* Photography By – Gordian Troeller Producer – John Anthony Written-By – P. Hammill* (tracks: A1 to B3) Notes Initial copies are Charisma pink label with B&C marketing/distribution credits on labels & sleeve. First issue also has a sticker on the front saying 'CHARISMA PERSPECTIVE' with the £1.49 price in a sort of box design. A1, B1 MRC Music A2 to A4, B2 to B4 Stratsong
UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON PINK SCROLL LABEL WITH NEW NON-ORIGINAL ARCHIVAL INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: CS 2A - 1U RAYS / SIDE B: CS 2 B - 1 U RAYS .
MOTHER / STAMPER: SIDE A: 2 / GA. SIDE B: 2 / GG.
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, JUST THE LIGHTEST OF SHELF WEAR.
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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