WHO, The Kids Are Alright PROMO [w/booklet] USA EXCELLENT- 2LP

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  The Who ?– The Kids Are Alright Label: MCA Records ?– MCA2-11005 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Pinckneyville Pressing  Country: US Released: 1979 Genre: Rock, Blues, Pop Style: Soundtrack, Rock & Roll, Arena Rock, Blues Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Hard Rock,Classic Rock, Rhythm & Blues TracklistHide Credits A1 My Generation 4:32 A2 I Can't Explain 2:01 A3 Happy Jack 2:12 A4 I Can See For Miles 4:17 A5 Magic Bus 3:22 A6 Long Live Rock 3:56 B1 Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere 2:49 B2 Young Man (Blues) Written-By – Mose Allison 5:46 B3 My Wife Written-By – John Entwistle 6:08 B4 Baba O'Reilly 5:29 C1 A Quick One 7:30 C2 Tommy, Can You Hear Me? 1:46 C3 Sparks 3:01 C4 Pinball Wizard 2:48 C5 See Me, Feel Me 5:25 Medley (9:54) D1a Join Together D1b Road Runner Written-By – E. McDaniels* D1c My Generation Blues D2 Won't Get Fooled Again 9:48 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc. Distributed By – MCA Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pancontinental Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Who Group Ltd. Copyright (c) – The Who Group Ltd. Copyright (c) – The Who Group Ltd. – Booklet Mastered At – The Mastering Lab Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville Recorded At – Monterey Pop Festival Recorded At – Woodstock Festival Recorded At – Pontiac Silverdome Recorded At – Shepperton Studios Recorded At – The Smothers Brothers TV Show Credits Bass, Directed By [Musical Director] – John Entwistle Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Ed Rothkowitz, The Who Drums – Keith Moon Engineer [Assistant] – Pete Wandless Engineer, Remix – Cy Langston Executive-Producer – Sidney Rose Guitar, Vocals – Pete Townshend Illustration, Design – Richard Evans (7) Liner Notes [Editorial] – Roy Carr Photography By [Sleeve] – Art Kane Producer – Bill Curbishley, Tony Klinger Sleeve [Concept] – Bill Curbishley, Chris Chappel, Richard Evans (7) Vocals – Roger Daltrey Written-By – Peter Townshend* (tracks: A1 to B1, B4, C1 to C5, D1a, D1c to D2) Notes 2LP released in a single sleeve with picture booklet. All tracks record live at various venues. Embossed reel and lettering on the inner sleeves.  

USA PROMO FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN SINGLE SLEEVE WITH BOOKLETS AND EMBOSSED INNER SLEEVES.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PROMO STAMP.  BOOKLET AND INNER SLEEVES ARE EXCELLENT MINUS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY 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.