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January 19, 2021
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January 9, 2021
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Rita Marley – One Draw
Label:
Tuff Gong – TG-1985
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Translucent Orange
Country:
Jamaica
Released:
1981
Genre:
Reggae
Style:
Roots Reggae
Tracklist Hide Credits
AOne Draw
Executive-Producer – Rita Marley
Producer, Written-By – A. Cooper*, R. Walters*
BThe Beauty Of God's Plan
Producer – Grub Cooper*, Rita Marley
Written-By – Claude Samarel, Dee Lee McNeil*
Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Tuff Gong Records Ltd. – TG-1985
Credits
Engineer [Mix] – Errol Brown (2)
Engineer [Recording] – Errol Brown (2), Stephen Stewart
JAMAICA ORANGE VINYL 12 INCH SINGLE.
This 12 inch is from a large former-distributor's collection. They have been in storage for decades. The discs are unplayed. The sleeves have minor storage wear sometimes with the usual promo markings of one kind or another, depending on the label, usually, but not limited to: demo/promo stamps, a timing strip, corner or edge cut, corner drill hole.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+.
DISC: UNPLAYED.
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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