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ZZ Top – Tejas Label:London Records – PS 680 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, AL - Peter Pan Industries Pressing Country:US Released:1976 Genre:Rock Style:Southern Rock, Classic Rock, Blues Rock Tracklist A1It's Only Love4:24 A2Arrested For Driving While Blind3:05 A3El Diablo4:20 A4Snappy Kakkie2:56 A5Enjoy And Get It On3:23 B1Ten Dollar Man3:42 B2Pan Am Highway Blues3:15 B3Avalon Hideaway3:07 B4She's A Heartbreaker3:02 B5Asleep In The Desert3:24 Companies, etc. Pressed By – Peter Pan Industries Lacquer Cut at – Ardent Mastering Credits Concept By [Album Concept] – Bill Ham Design [Album Design] – Bill Narum Drums – Frank Beard Engineer – Larry Nix, Terry Manning Lacquer Cut By – L. Nix* Photography By – Lesser*, Lee* Producer – Bill Ham Vocals, Bass – Dusty Hill Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Fiddle – Billy Gibbons Written-By – Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill (tracks: A1 to B4), Frank Beard (tracks: A1 to B4) Notes The "AL" in the label matrix is usually associated with Audio Manufacturing Record Co., but by 1976 the plant had become Peter Pan Industries.  Released in a trifold sleeve.  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:SAHS-1694-X PP - L.NIX - ARDENT - "shape of Texas" =CRN= / SAHS-1695 PP - L.NIX - ARDENT - iViva Tejas! .

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.