Sold Date: January 24, 2024
Start Date: January 21, 2024
Final Price: $16.99 (USD)
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Tír na nÓg \"Free Ride\"

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  Tir Na Nog* ‎– Strong In The Sun Label: Chrysalis ‎– CHR 1047 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: Jan 1974 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Folk Tracklist Hide Credits A1Free Ride Written-By – Nick Drake 3:04 A2Whitestone Bridge Written-By – Sonny Condell 4:12 A3Teesside Written-By – Sonny Condell 3:51 A4Cinema Written-By – Leo O'Kelly 4:38 A5Strong In The Sun Written-By – Leo O'Kelly 3:38 B1The Wind Was High Written-By – Leo O'Kelly 3:19 B2In The Morning Written-By – Sonny Condell 3:22 B3Love Lost Written-By – Leo O'Kelly 3:19 B4Most Magical Written-By – Leo O'Kelly 3:46 B5Fall Of Day Written-By – Sonny Condell 2:34 Credits Bass – Brian Odgers, Dave Markee, Jim Ryan (6) Drums – Ace Follington, Barry De Souza, Jeff Jones (2) Engineer – Geoff Emerick Photography By [Front Cover] – Ian McDonald Producer, Keyboards – Matthew Fisher Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar [Lead], Dulcimer, Violin – Leo O'Kelly Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drums [Pottery], Jew's Harp – Sonny Condell  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS A FEW TEARS.

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.