Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources  are currently available). First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider and 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, with inner details more clearer.  On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.
Vinyl:  EX+ Play Tested. Sounds Great!  Tamla Labels are Clean.  This is the 1976 Tamla 1ST PRESSING!!  A sweet compilation of Marvin's very finest.  Compared to other "Greatest Hits" packages, this one's from the people who knew him best (and have the Master tapes...)...Tamla Motown.  And pressed at the peerless Monarch Pressing plant--So you have warmer, deeper bass and drums and the vocals and highs are silkier and smoother...the best for your intimate party-of-2 party or for the bustin' block party.  Dig it...
In the dead wax:  the circled "MR" stamp designating Monarch Pressing Plant, Los Angeles, CA.  
Cover: EX+ (see photos; notch cut) 
Goldmine Standards.   I play test every album that I sell on eBay as I have found you can't rate an LP accurately by just visually inspecting an album.  
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Few figures in American music in the 20th century can compare to . As a singer, he was without peer, possessing a silky voice that could sound either angelic or seductive or, on his biggest hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," positively haunted. As a songwriter, he was equally skilled at writing with an eye for the charts and mining the depths of his heart, a combination that created many of the enduring classics of his era: "Hitch Hike," "Dancing in the Street," "Pride and Joy," "What's Going On," "Let's Get It On," "Got to Give It Up," and "Sexual Healing." That list also shows how the entire history of postwar R&B can be seen through the career of . He harnessed gospel and cabaret to create the exuberant uptown sound of Motown in the early '60s, but he changed with his turbulent times, pushing pop-R&B into the realms of soul by the end of the decade. As the 1970s dawned,  grappled with social protest on , the 1971 album that found the singer/songwriter charting his own idiosyncratic course. From that point,  delved into funk, blaxploitation, and disco, eventually settling into the smooth environs of quiet storm. Throughout this period,  battled personal demons, often creating powerful art through his struggles, but they caught up with him tragically in 1984, when he was murdered by his father. 's legacy resonated over the decades -- he was a touchstone for soul and pop music that was either sensual or political -- but his early death leaves hanging the question of what he could've achieved if he were alive. During his two decades as a recording artist, he already accomplished more than most artists do in a lifetime.