J.J. Cale ‎– Naturally Label: A&M Records ‎– AMLS 68105 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 1st  Country: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock Tracklist A1Call Me The Breeze2:34 A2Call The Doctor2:25 A3Don't Go To Strangers2:26 A4Woman I Love2:40 A5Magnolia3:22 A6Clyde2:27 B1Crazy Mama2:30 B2Nowhere To Run2:24 B3After Midnight2:23 B4River Runs Deep2:41 B5Bringing It Back2:43 B6Crying Eyes3:14 Credits Backing Vocals – Diane Davidson* Bass – Carl Radle, Norbert Putnam Drums – Chuck Browning, Karl Himmel, Tim Drummond Fiddle – Buddy Spiker*, Shorty Lavender Guitar [Slide] – Mac Gayden Guitar, Vocals – J.J. Cale Harmonica – Ed Colis Piano – Bob Wilson, Jerry Whitehurst Piano, Organ – David Briggs (2) Producer – Audie Ashworth Resonator Guitar [Dobro] – Walter Haynes Steel Guitar – Weldon Myrick  

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH FRONT STICKER AND ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE. These A&M first issues were pressed by Pye records on maroon translucent vinyl when held to the light.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  MLS 68105 A - 1*X  /  SIDE B:  AMLS 68105 B - 1*X.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS.   INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VISUALLY THE DISC IS VERY GOOD+ BUT ONE LIGHT SCRATCH AND SOME HAIRLINES. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE PYE PRESSED A&M FIRST ISSUES ARE PRONE TO GROOVE WEAR, SO WE PLAY-CHECKED THIS COPY, AND IT DOES HAVE SOME SURFACE NOISES IN QUIETER PARTS, SO AN AURAL GRADING WOULD BE AN HONEST VERY GOOD OVERALL IN A NEARLY MINT SLEEVE. 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.

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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