Sold Date: May 24, 2021
Start Date: April 17, 2020
Final Price: $24.99 (USD)
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Vinyl:  VG++ Play Graded. Sounds Great!   Epic SQ Labels are Clean. This is the SUPER RARE Original 1972 Epic SQ Quadraphonic 1st Pressing! EQ 31331.   If you have a Quad setup, here's the one you want.  If you have a stereo setup, this pressing is the definitive version for you with enhanced Mastering.  The pitch issue (magneto slowing down) heard on stereo versions in B4 (4'44 to end) is not present in this quadraphonic mix.  Here's Beck inventing the sub genres of Hard Rock Memphis Soul--and we also see the beginnings of Jazz Rock here as well.  SEARCH MY LISTINGS FOR OTHER QUADRAPHONIC RECORDS!!!  I HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 10 TO LIST.  SEND ME A MESSAGE IF YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU THE FULL LIST. See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax:  Side 1:  QAL 31331-1A  (stampers) Side 2: PQBL 31331-1B  (stampers)
Cover: VG+ (see photos)  Nice high gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, with some ring wear. Seams and spine are solid and clean, with a minimal amount of wear.  No splits.  No writing.  Spine print is clear. 
Goldmine Standards.   I play grade every record that I sell on eBay as I have found you can't rate a record accurately by just visually inspecting it.  I wipe the dust off of every cover with clean, unscented baby wipes.  I professionally clean the vinyl.  (I also operate a Vinyl Record Cleaning business for your dusty/dirty records--if interested, send me a message).
U.S. Shipping:  $4 Media Mail.  Tracking included.   50 cents additional shipping per additional item, when the shipment is combined.   If you wish to take advantage of my COMBINED SHIPPING deal, simply select your items by clicking on "ADD TO CART" on the main listing page.  Do this for all of your selections and then go to your cart to checkout. Your combined shipping discount will be computed automatically.  Free domestic shipping if you spend $100 or more!  
All records are packaged securely with the vinyl outside the jacket (to avoid seam split in transit). The vinyl and jacket are sandwiched between two cardboard stiffeners and shipped in a custom cardboard record mailer box. 
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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.

After a life-threatening car accident forced him to take an extended break, guitarist extraordinaire  re-emerged in 1971 with a new band, a new album (), and an attempt to merge a soulful Memphis sound with hard rock. 1972's  shows that  was already moving beyond his soul-rock hybrid and sowing the seeds for his exceptional mid-'70s jazz/rock fusion work.   also served as a precursor to 's next project, the blues-soul-rock trio . Produced by  guitarist , contains "Going Down," one of 's best-known tracks and a perennial concert favorite, as well as the album-opening highlight "Ice Cream Cakes." An important, transitional album in the career of this stylistically adventurous guitarist.