Chris Rea ‎– New Light Through Old Windows Label: Geffen Records ‎– GHS 24232 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation  Country: US Released: 1988 Genre: Rock Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock Tracklist A1Let's Dance4:15 A2Working On It4:28 A3I Can Hear Your Heartbeat3:24 A4Windy Town4:04 A5On The Beach6:50 B1Steel River6:48 B2Stainsby Girls4:06 B3Ace Of Hearts4:52 B4Josephine4:17 B5Candles4:42 Credits Engineer – Justin Shirley-Smith Producer – Chris Rea, Jon Kelly   

USA PROMO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH FRONT HYPE STICKER AND ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PROMO STAMP. INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A COUPLE OF FINGERPRINTS. 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.  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.  

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