Sold Date:
March 12, 2021
Start Date:
March 12, 2021
Final Price:
$34.99
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Spandau Ballet – True
Label:
Chrysalis – FV 41403
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country:
US
Released:
1983
Genre:
Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style:
Synth-pop, Pop Rock
Tracklist
A1Communication3:36
A2Pleasure3:30
A3Code Of Love5:10
A4Gold4:49
B1Lifeline3:33
B2Heaven Is A Secret4:24
B3Foundation4:04
B4True6:30
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Chrysalis Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records
Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records
Published By – Reformation Publishing Co. Ltd.
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Credits
Bass – Martin Kemp
Drums – John Keeble
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Gary Kemp
Keyboards – Jess Bailey
Lead Vocals – Tony Hadley
Mastered By – HW*
Producer – Spandau Ballet, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Saxophone, Percussion – Steve Norman (2)
Notes
This is a US mastering and pressing variation identifiable in the deadwax runouts.
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: XG B6V-41403-AS-1 P B̶6̶V̶-̶4̶1̶4̶1̶4̶-̶A̶-̶1̶ MASTERDISK HW o 1 / SIDE B: P B̶6̶V̶-̶4̶1̶4̶1̶4̶-̶B̶-̶2̶ MASTERDISK HW X6+ B6V-41403-BS-2 B4.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: 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.
1. USA BY MEDIA MAIL IS $5.99 FOR ANY AMOUNT OF LPs PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME.