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Edwin Birdsong – Edwin Birdsong Label:Philadelphia International Records – JZ 35758 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country:US Released:1979 Genre:Funk / Soul Style:Funk, Disco Tracklist Hide Credits A1Cola Bottle Baby Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 5:06 A2Phiss-Phizz Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 6:21 A3Kunta Dance Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 6:36 B1Lollipop Written-By – E. Birdsong*, M. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong*, M. Birdsong* 4:37 B2Goldmine Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 4:36 B3Freaky Deaky Sities Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 4:50 B4Autumn Eyes Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 4:09 B5Lollipop (Slow) Written-By – E. Birdsong* Written-By – E. Birdsong* 2:33 Credits Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Chuck Anthony Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tony Bey Drums, Backing Vocals – Kenee Wilson Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ronald Drayton* Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Edwin Birdsong Written-By – Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong (tracks: B1) Notes Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, Sigma Sound Studios, Sound Ideas Recording Studio, New York City. Mastered at Frankford/Wayne Recording labs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

USA WHITE LABEL PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD, DOES HAVE SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. TIMING STRIP, OLD STICKERS ON THE FRONT.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLAY SCUFFS AND FINGERPRINTS.  DISC NEEDS A PROFESSIONAL CLEAN PRIOR TO FIRST PLAY. 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.