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Nina Hagen – Nunsexmonkrock Label:Columbia – ARC 38008 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing Country:US Released:1982 Genre:Electronic, Rock Style:New Wave, Synth-pop, Goth Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1Antiworld Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Paul Roessler Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Paul Roessler 4:41 A2Smack Jack Lyrics By, Music By – Ferdinand Karmelk* Lyrics By, Music By – Ferdinand Karmelk*5:16 A3Taitschi-Tarot Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Paul Roessler Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Paul Roessler 2:05 A4Dread Love Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Ferdinand Karmelk* Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Ferdinand Karmelk* 4:08 A5Future Is Now Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen2:55 B1Born In Xixax Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen2:55 B2Iki Maska Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen5:08 B3Dr. Art Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Karl Rucker Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Karl Rucker 4:49 B4Cosma Shiva Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen Lyrics By, Music By – Nina Hagen3:17 B5UFO Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Karl Rucker Lyrics By – Nina Hagen Music By – Karl Rucker 4:52 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Copyright © – CBS Inc. Recorded At – Blue Rock Studio Mixed At – Mediasound Mixed At – Kendun Recorders Mastered At – Sterling Sound Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Lacquer Cut at – Sterling Sound Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Credits Baritone Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet – Axel Gothe Bass, Synthesizer – Karl Rucker Design [Cover Design] – Nicolaj Ilieff Drums – Allan Schwartzberg Guitar – Chris Spedding Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals – Nina Hagen Mastered By – Jack Skinner Mixed By – Harvey Goldberg Photography By – Juliana Grigorova Piano, Synthesizer – Paul Rostler Producer – Mike Thorne Recorded By – Michael Ewasko Recorded By [Additional Overdubs] – Don Wershba, Harvey Goldberg Synthesizer – Paul Shaffer  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME GENERAL SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS WEAR WITH SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS THAT NEED CLEANING OFF PRIOR TO FIRST PLAY. 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, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.