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Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell More images Label:Epic – PE 34974, Cleveland International Records – 34974 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing Country:US Released:1977 Genre:Rock Style:Pop Rock Tracklist A1Bat Out Of Hell9:48 A2You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)5:04 A3Heaven Can Wait4:38 A4All Revved Up With No Place To Go4:19 B1Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad5:23 Paradise By The Dashboard Light(8:28) B2-IParadise B2-IILet Me Sleep On It B2-IIIPraying For The End Of Time B3For Crying Out Loud8:45 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Epic Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Copyright © – CBS Inc. Published By – Edward B. Marks Music Corporation Published By – Neverland Music Co. Published By – Peg Music Co. Recorded At – Bearsville Studios Recorded At – Utopia Sound Recorded At – The Hit Factory Recorded At – House Of Music, West Orange, NJ Mastered At – The Cutting Room Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Credits Arranged By – Gene Orloff, Jim Steinman, Steve Margoshes Arranged By [Strings] – Ken Ascher Backing Vocals – Ellen Foley, Kasim Sultan*, Rory Dodd, Todd Rundgren Bass – Kasim Sultan* Concept By [Cover] – Jim Steinman Consultant [Special] – Charlie Conrad Design – Ed Lee Drums – John Wilcox, Max Weinberg Effects – Jim Steinman Engineer [Assistant] – Cliff Hodsdon Guitar – Todd Rundgren Guitar [Motorcycle Guitar] – Todd Rundgren Illustration – Richard Corben Keyboards – Jim Steinman, Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren Mastered By – Joe Brescio Orchestra – The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestrated By – Steve Margoshes Percussion – Jim Steinman, Marvin Lee*, Todd Rundgren Photography By – Frank Laffitte Piano – Cheryl Hardwick, Roy Bittan, Steve Margoshes Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Arranged By [With] – Todd Rundgren Production Manager – Sam Ellis (4) Production Manager [Assistant] – Richard Maiori Recorded By – Ed Sprague, Jimmy Iovine, John Jansen, Mark Thomas (19) Remix – Jimmy Iovine, John Jansen Saxophone – Edgar Winter Speech – Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto* Synthesizer – Roger Powell Vocals – Ellen Foley Written-By – Jim Steinman Notes Issued with custom printed inner-sleeve with credits + lyrics. Original release is on an orange label, with no barcode on cover.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME GENERAL STORAGE WEAR BUT NO DAMAGE. INNER SLEEVE HAS SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS AND 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.