Bill Evans Trio* ‎– Portrait In Jazz Label: Riverside Records ‎– SMJ-6144 Series: Riverside Original Recording Series – 71, SJ Seal Of Approval – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo  Country: Japan Released: 1976 Genre: Jazz Style: Post Bop TracklistHide Credits A1Come Rain Or Come Shine Written-By – Mercer-Arlen* 3:19 A2 Autumn Leaves (Stereo) Written-By – Prevert*, Mercer*, Kosma* 5:55 A3 Autumn Leaves (Mono) Written-By – Prevert*, Mercer*, Kosma* 5:22 A4Witchcraft Written-By – Leigh*, Coleman* 4:31 A5When I Fall In Love Written-By – Heyman*, Young* 4:53 A6Peri's Scope Written-By – Bill Evans 3:12 B1What Is This Thing Called Love? Written-By – Cole Porter 4:32 B2Spring Is Here Written-By – Hart*, Rodgers* 5:03 B3Some Day My Prince Will Come Written-By – Churchill*, Morey* 4:52 B4Blue In Green Written-By – Evans*, Davis* 5:22 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios Made By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc. Licensed From – Milestone Records, Inc. Credits Bass – Scott LaFaro Cover [Cover Designed And Produced By] – Harris Lewine, Ken Braren, Paul Bacon (2) Drums – Paul Motian Engineer – Jack Higgins Liner Notes [解説] – 栗村政昭* Mastered By – Jack Matthews Photography By [Back-Liner Photo By] – Lawrence N. Shustak Piano – Bill Evans Producer – Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. Producer, Liner Notes – Orrin Keepnews Notes Recorded in New York; December 28, 1959.    

JAPAN STEREO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL INSERT, ANTI-STATIC INNER SLEEVE, BUT NO OBI.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  SOME SPOTTING OR WHITE AREAS ON REAR. INSERT HAS A FEW EDGE SPOTS. INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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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