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Greg Brown – Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience  Label:Red House Records – RHR14 Format: Vinyl, LP Country:US Released:1986 Genre:Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues, Folk, World, & Country Style:Folk, Acoustic, Bluegrass, Harmonica Blues Tracklist A1Introduction2:35 A2The Lamb2:29 A3Infant Joy1:56 A4The Chimney Sweeper4:49 A5The Echoing Green2:52 A6Night4:03 A7On Another's Sorrow2:12 B1The Tyger3:14 B2The Angel2:14 B3The Garden Of Love0:43 B4Infant Sorrow1:29 B5Holy Thursday2:42 B6Ah! Sun-Flower2:22 B7The Little Vagabond2:50 B8A Poison Tree2:24 B9London3:06 Credits Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Greg Brown (3) Harmonica, Accordion, Panpipes – Dave Moore (3) Producer – Bob Feldman (5) Violin – Angus Foster Violin, Mandolin – Peter Ostroushko Notes Produced by Bob Feldman & Greg Brown Engineered & Mixed by Scott Rivard Recorded at 74th Street Studio, Minneapolis, MN Poems: William Blake Music: Greg Brown

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE. NO INSERT.

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.