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  Joe Walsh ‎– "But Seriously, Folks..." Label: Asylum Records ‎– 6E-141 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 16 May 1978 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll, Classic Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock TracklistHide Credits A1Over And Over4:52 A2Second Hand Store Written-By – Mike Murphy (7) 3:36 A3Indian Summer3:03 A4At The Station5:09 B1Tomorrow3:38 B2Inner Tube1:25 B3Theme From Boat Weirdos Written-By – Bill Szymczyk, Jay Ferguson, Willie Weeks 4:44 B4Life's Been Good Backing Vocals, Tambourine – Bill Szymczyk 8:04 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Bayshore Recording Studios Mastered At – Sterling Sound Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA Produced For – Pandora Productions Ltd. – 6E-1411A (PRC-W) Credits Artwork [Assistant] – Jage Jackson, Mark Foltz, Michael Curtis Artwork, Photography By – Jimmy Wachtel Backing Vocals – Bill Szymczyk (tracks: B4), Don Henley (tracks: B1), Jody Boyer (tracks: A2, A3, B4),Joe Vitale (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B3, B4), Timothy B. Schmit (tracks: B1) Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Backing Vocal] – Glenn Frey (tracks: B1) Bass – Willie Weeks Drums, Percussion, Flute, Synthesizer – Joe Vitale Engineer – Ed Mashal Guitar – Don Felder (tracks: A2, A4) Guitar [2nd] – Joey Murcia Guitar, Synthesizer – Joe Walsh Keyboards – Jay Ferguson Mastered By – Ted Jensen Photography By – Lorrie Sullivan Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk Tambourine – Bill Szymczyk (tracks: A4) Written-By – Joe Vitale (tracks: A4, B3), Joe Walsh (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B2, B4)   

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  6E 141 A9 PRCW sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ TL LUNCHEON COUNTER OF THE DELI KIND    /  SIDE B:   6E 141 B2 PRCWll sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ TL CALL IT IN THE AIR .

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, JUST LIGHT SHELF WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS SMALL MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT. 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, 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.