Vinyl: NM Play Graded. Plays Like New! Warner Brothers Labels are Clean and Bright. This is the 1977 Warner Brothers BSK 3010 1ST PRESSING! Definitively Fleetwood Mac 2.0's Greatest Moment. Recorded at Sausalito's Record Plant, it plays like a Greatest Hits collection, not a bummer on it! Classic Rock Defined and enormously successful. One of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time!! allmusic gives it 5 stars!!
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In the Dead Wax: Side 1`: BSK-1-3010 F20 3 MASTERED BY CAPITOL KP ((Mastered by Ken Perry at Capitol Records, Los Angeles, CA))
Side 2: BSK-2-3010 2WII RE1 F36 MASTERED BY CAPITOL 1 KP ((Mastered by Ken Perry at Capitol Records, Los Angeles, CA))
Cover: NM- (see photos) Textured Cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with minimal shelf wear. Seams and spine are solid and clean. No splits. No writing. Spine print is crystal clear.
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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.
Rumours Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
is the kind of album that transcends its origins and reputation, entering the realm of legend -- it's an album that simply exists outside of criticism and outside of its time, even if it thoroughly captures its era. Prior to this LP, were moderately successful, but here they turned into a full-fledged phenomenon, with becoming the biggest-selling pop album to date. While its chart success was historic, much of the legend surrounding the record is born from the group's internal turmoil. Unlike most bands, in the mid-'70s were professionally and romantically intertwined, with no less than two couples in the band, but as their professional career took off, the personal side unraveled. Bassist and his keyboardist/singer wife filed for divorce as guitarist/vocalist and vocalist split, with running to drummer , unbeknown to the rest of the band. These personal tensions fueled nearly every song on , which makes listening to the album a nearly voyeuristic experience. You're eavesdropping on the bandmates singing painful truths about each other, spreading nasty lies and rumors and wallowing in their grief, all in the presence of the person who caused the heartache. Everybody loves gawking at a good public breakup, but if that was all that it took to sell a record, and 's would be multi-platinum. No, what made an unparalleled blockbuster is the quality of the music. Once again masterminded by producer/songwriter/guitarist , is an exceptionally musical piece of work -- he toughens and softens , adding weird turns to accessibly melodic works, which gives the universal themes of the songs haunting resonance. It also cloaks the raw emotion of the lyrics in deceptively palatable arrangements that made a tune as wrecked and tortured as "Go Your Own Way" an anthemic hit. But that's what makes such an enduring achievement -- it turns private pain into something universal. Some of these songs may be too familiar, whether through their repeated exposure on FM radio or their use in presidential campaigns, but in the context of the album, each tune, each phrase regains its raw, immediate emotional power -- which is why touched a nerve upon its 1977 release, and has since transcended its era to be one of the greatest, most compelling pop albums of all time.