RENAISSANCE, Illusion UK 1st pressing LP Keith Relf Jane Relf Jim McCartey

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Renaissance (4) ‎– Illusion Label: Island Records ‎– HELP 27 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: UK Released: 11 Feb 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1Love Goes On A2Golden Thread A3Love Is All A4Mr. Pine Bass – Neil Korner Drums – Terry Slade Guitar – Michael Dunford Vocals – Terry Crowe B1Face Of Yesterday B2Past Orbits Of Dust Electric Piano – Don Shin Companies, etc. Recorded At – Olympic Studios Recorded At – Island Studios Produced At – Island Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – Island Records Ltd. Manufactured By – Island Records Ltd. Distributed By – Island Records Ltd. Designed At – Cleen Mashine Studio Credits Bass – Louis Cennamo Design [Sleeve Design] – Paul Whitehead Drums, Vocals – Jim McCarty Engineer [Olympic Studios] – Andrew Johns*  Mastered By [Metalworks] – EG*  Producer – Keith Relf Vocals, Guitar – Keith Relf Vocals, Percussion – Jane Relf Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout A, etched): I-2 HELP 27 A1 EG Matrix / Runout (Runout B, etched): I-L HELP 27 B1 EG

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNER SLEEVE.

The UK release of this came after the German one, and the first issue was on Island's budget HELP label for some reason.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS. 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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