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  Willie Nelson ‎– Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) Label: Columbia ‎– KC2 37542 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo, PItman Pressing, Gatefold  Country: US Released: Sep 1981 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country Tracklist Hide Credits A1Railroad Lady Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – J.J. Walker*, J. Buffett* 2:38 A2Heartaches Of A Fool Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – P. Buskirk*, W. Breeland*, W. Nelson* 2:28 A3Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – F. Rose* 2:17 A4Whiskey River Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – J.B. Shinn III* 3:40 A5Good Hearted Woman Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – W. Jennings*, W. Nelson* 2:57 B1Georgia On My Mind Producer – Booker T. Jones Written-By – H. Carmichael*, S. Gorrell* 4:19 B2If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – J. Beck*, L. Frizzell* 2:05 B3Look What Thoughts Will Do Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – D. Dickerson*, J. Beck*, L. Frizzell* 2:40 B4Uncloudy Day Arranged By [Arr.] – W. Nelson* Producer – Arif Mardin 4:38 B5Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Producer – Sydney Pollack, Willie Nelson Written-By – E. Bruce*, P. Bruce* 3:25 C1My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Producer – Sydney Pollack, Willie Nelson Written-By – S. Vaughn* 3:02 C2Help Me Make It Through The Night Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – K. Kristofferson* 3:57 C3Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – W. Nelson* 4:23 C4I'd Have To Be Crazy Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – S. Fromholz* 3:24 C5Faded Love Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – B. Wills*, J. Wills* 3:48 D1On The Road Again Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – W. Nelson* 2:39 D2Heartbreak Hotel Producer – Leon Russell, Willie Nelson Written-By – E. Presley*, M. Axton*, T. Durden* 3:00 D3If You Could Touch Her At All Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – L. Clayton* 3:27 D4Till I Gain Control Again Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – R. Crowell* 5:59 D5Stay A Little Longer Producer – Willie Nelson Written-By – B. Wills*, T. Duncan* 3:24 Companies, etc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Produced For – Abbott Limited Mastered At – CBS Studios, Nashville Manufactured By – Columbia Records Record Company – CBS Inc. Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Credits Art Direction – Virginia Team Illustration – Brian Hagiwara Mastered By – M.C. Rather Photography By [Inside Photograph] – Beverly Parker (2)  

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

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

DISCS: VERY GOOD+, JUST SHORT OF EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW PLAY SCUFFS AND LIGHT 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.

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.