Tim Buckley ‎– Happy Sad Label: Elektra ‎– EKS-74045 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress  Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Folk Rock, Free Improvisation, Jazz-Rock Tracklist A1Strange Feelin'7:49 A2Buzzin' Fly6:00 A3Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)10:47 B1Dream Letter5:10 B2Gypsy Woman12:19 B3Sing A Song For You2:36 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Elektra Sound Recorders Copyright (c) – Third Story Music, Inc. Pressed By – Allentown Record Co. Inc. Credits Acoustic Bass – John Miller (2) Art Direction – William S. Harvey Composed By – Tim Buckley Congas – Carter C.C. Collins Design – Robert L. Heimall Engineer – Bruce Botnick Lead Guitar – Lee Underwood Photography By – Ed Caraeff Producer – Jerry Yester, Zal Yanovsky Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Jac Holzman Twelve-String Guitar – Tim Buckley Vibraphone, Marimba [Bass] – David Friedman Vocals – Tim Buckley Notes Early stereo repress with red big "E" style labels. (circa 69' - 70') No address or rim text on labels. 

USA SECOND PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: EKS-74045-A-(ALL) AD1 3/11/9 /  SIDE B: EKS-74045-B-(ALL) ARC 4-18-9.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  CORNER DRILL HOLE. INNER SLEEVE HAS ONE MIDLE SIDE SEAM SPLIT.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST, LEAST PLAYED EARLY COPIES WE HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.  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.  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.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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