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The Delfonics – The Best Of The Delfonics Label:Kory Records – KK 1002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Goldisc - Pressing Country:US Released:1976 Genre:Funk / Soul Style:Rhythm & Blues Tracklist A1La-La Means I Love You3:06 A2Ready Or Not Here I Come2:00 A3Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)3:25 A4I'm Sorry2:41 A5I Told You So3:10 A6Alfie2:42 B1The Look Of Love3:10 B2Hurt So Bad1:59 B3Let It Be Me2:20 B4Going Out Of My Head2:03 B5With These Hands2:10 B6Tell Me This Is A Dream3:35 Companies, etc. Mastered At – KK Mastering Labs, Inc. Manufactured By – Kory Records Distributed By – Kory Records Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Kory Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc. Copyright © – Kory Records, Inc. Copyright © – Arista Records, Inc. Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. – K-7854 Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. – K-7855

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW 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.