Vinyl:  VG+ Play Graded. Sounds Great!  Atlantic Labels are Clean and Bright.  This is the audiophile acclaimed 1969 Atlantic SD 8239 1ST PRESSING, Mastered at Atlantic, NYC and Pressed at Monarch Record Mfg. Corp., Los Angeles, CA!  Listen for silky vocals and fat bottom end, hallmarks of the renowned Monarch sound craftsmanship!  It fels like you're in the room!  Boz delivers on his very 1st album a Blue-Eyed Soul Masterpiece!  With the help of Duane Allman (who shreds on "Loan Me A Dime" and the full backing of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (see Gatefold photos), this is considered by many to be Boz' Best Hour!  Co produced by Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner.  One of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time!!    allmusic gives it 4 1/2 stars!!
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In the Dead Wax:  Side 1:  ST-A-691659-AA  A  MO MR ((Pressed at Monarch Records Mfg. Corp, Los Angeles, CA)) AT ((Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC))  LW  "delta" 13712 W
Side 2:  ST-A-691660-AA    MO MR ((Pressed at Monarch Records Mfg. Corp, Los Angeles, CA)) AT ((Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC))  LW  "delta" 13712-X W
Cover:  EX  (see photos)  Gatefold. Textured Cover.  Front, back and Gatefold of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright.  Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, with minor wear.   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.  
Boz Scaggs Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Departing from after a two-album stint, found himself on his own but not without support. Rolling Stone publisher , his friend, helped him sign with Atlantic Records and the label had him set up shop in Muscle Shoals, recording his debut album with that legendary set of studio musicians, known for their down-and-dirty backing work for and , among many other Southern soul legends. The Muscle Shoals rhythm section, occasionally augmented by guitarist , gives this music genuine grit, but this isn't necessarily a straight-up blue-eyed soul record, even if the opening "I'm Easy" and "I'll Be Long Gone" are certainly as deeply soulful as anything cut at Muscle Shoals. Even at this early stage wasn't content to stay in one place, and he crafted a kind of Americana fantasia here, also dabbling in country and blues along with the soul and R&B that grounds this record. If the country shuffle "Now You're Gone" sounds just slightly a shade bit too vaudeville for its own good, it only stands out because the rest of the record is pitch-perfect, from the cover "Waiting for a Train" and the folky "Look What I Got!" to the extended 11-minute blues workout "Loan Me a Dime," which functions as much as a showcase for a blazing as it does for . But even with that show-stealing turn, and even with the Muscle Shoals musicians giving this album its muscle and part of its soul, this album is still thoroughly a showcase for ' musical vision, which even at this stage is wide and deep. It would grow smoother and more assured over the years, but the slight bit of raggedness suits the funky, down-home performances and helps make this not only a great debut, but also an enduring blue-eyed soul masterpiece.