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Herbie Hancock – Secrets  Label:Columbia – PC 34280, Columbia – 34280 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing Country:US Released:1976 Genre:Jazz, Funk / Soul Style:Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Funk Tracklist Hide Credits A1Doin' It Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, R. Parker Jr.* Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, R. Parker Jr.* 8:00 A2People Music Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, P. Jackson* Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, P. Jackson* 7:07 A3Cantelope Island Written-By – H. Hancock* Written-By – H. Hancock* 7:06 B1Spider Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, P. Jackson* Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, P. Jackson* 7:20 B2Gentle Thoughts Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin* Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin* 7:01 B3Swamp Rat Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, P. Jackson* Written-By – H. Hancock*, M. Ragin*, P. Jackson* 6:25 B4Sansho Shima Written-By – B. Maupin* Written-By – B. Maupin* 4:50 Companies, etc. Copyright © – CBS Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Recorded At – Columbia Studios Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios Mixed At – Wally Heider Studios Mastered At – CBS Studios, San Francisco Produced For – Catero Sound Company Published By – Hancock Music Published By – Wah Watson Music Published By – Back Door Music Published By – Benpin Music Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Credits Art Direction – Ron Coro Backing Vocals – Art Baldacci (tracks: A1), Chris Mancini (tracks: A1), Don Kerr (tracks: A1), Fred Dobbs (tracks: A1), James Gadson (tracks: A1), Ray Parker* (tracks: A1) Bass – Paul Jackson (2) Bass, Lead Vocals, Talkbox [Voice Bag] – Wah Wah Watson* (tracks: A1) Co-producer – Wah Wah Watson* Drums – James Gadson (tracks: A1), James Levi Engineer – David Rubinson, Fred Catero, Michael Fusaro* (tracks: A1) Guitar – Ray Parker* Guitar, Synthesizer [Maestro Universal System, Maestro Sample And Hold Unit], Talkbox [Voice Bag] – Wah Wah Watson* Mastered By – George Horn, Phil Brown Percussion – Kenneth Nash Photography By – Herb Greene Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes, Yamaha Grand Piano], Synthesizer [Arp Odissey, Arp String Ensemble, Micro-Moog, Oberheim Polyphonic, Echoplex], Clavinet [Hohner D6] – Herbie Hancock Producer – David Rubinson And Friends, Inc.*, Herbie Hancock Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Lyricon, Bass Clarinet – Bennie Maupin

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: 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, 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.