Billy Joel ‎– Glass Houses Label: Columbia ‎– FC 36384 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo  Country: US Released: 1980 Genre: Rock Style:   Tracklist A1You May Be Right4:07 A2Sometimes A Fantasy3:39 A3Don't Ask Me Why2:56 A4It's Still Rock And Roll To Me2:55 A5All For Leyna4:10 B1I Don't Want To Be Alone3:34 B2Sleeping With The Television On2:59 B3C'Etait Toi (You Were The One)3:45 B4Close To The Borderline3:45 B5Through The Long Night2:45  

USA WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER CREASES, EDGE AND RING WEAR. REAR PROMO STAMP.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VISUALLY A VERY GOOD+ THAT PLAYS EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW HAIRLINES AND A FINGERPRINT.  THERE ARE TWO WAVY LINES IN THE VINYL ISTELF, THESE ARE PRESSING LINES, NOT SCRATCHES AND DO NOT SOUND. 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, 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.  

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