KINKS, Preservation Act 2 ROBERT LUDWIG Sterling USA 1st pressing EXC- 2LP

Sold Date: August 10, 2020
Start Date: July 27, 2020
Final Price: $28.99 (USD)
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The Kinks ‎– Preservation Act 2 Label: RCA Victor ‎– CPL2-5040 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style:   Tracklist  A1Announcement0:41 A2Introduction To Solution2:43 A3When A Solution Comes3:39 A4Money Talks3:44 A5Announcement0:56 A6Shepherds Of The Nation4:12 B1Scum Of The Earth2:45 B2Second-Hand Car Spiv4:01 B3He's Evil4:25 B4Mirror Of Love3:28 B5Announcement0:32 C1Nobody Gives6:33 C2Oh Where Oh Where Is Love?3:40 C3Flash's Dream (The Final Elbow)3:56 C4Flash's Confession4:27 D1Nothing Lasts Forever3:43 D2Announcement0:20 D3Artificial Man5:27 D4Scrapheap City3:14 D5Announcement1:06 D6Salvation Road3:20 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Konk Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records Copyright (c) – Davray Music Ltd. Mastered At – Sterling Sound Credits Art Direction – Pat Doyle (2) Design – Bob Searles Engineer – Roger Beale Illustration – Jerry Preston (2) Mastered By – RL*  Performer [The Kinks] – Alan Holmes (2), Dave Davies, John Beecham, John Dalton, John Gosling (2), Laurie Brown, Mick Avory, Ray Davies Photography By – Chris Hopper Vocals [Other Singers] – Angi Girton, Maryann Price, Pamela Travis, Sue Brown Voice [Announcer] – Chris Timothy Voice [Reporter At Meeting] – Chris Musk Written-By, Arranged By, Producer – Raymond Douglas Davies*  Notes Gatefold sleeve. Includes a 4-page lyrics sheet. Auto-coupled release. Record 1 has side A and side D, and record 2 has side B and side C.  Recorded at Konk Studios, London Copyright Davray Music Ltd. 1973/1974 Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Record 1, Side A etched / stamped): CPL*2 - 5040 - A 1S STERLING RL Matrix / Runout (Record 1, Side D etched / stamped): CPL*2 - 5040 - D 1S STERLING Matrix / Runout (Record 2, Side B etched / stamped): CPL*2 - 5040 - B 1S STERLING RL Matrix / Runout (Record 2, Side C etched / stamped / scratched out): CPL*2 - 5040 - C 1S STERLING Ⓧxxxxxxx Rights Society: PRS  

USA FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH INSERT AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVES.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INSERT EXCELLENT MINUS.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISCS: 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.

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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