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The Standells – Dirty Water  Label:Tower – T 5027, Tower – T-5027 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Los Angeles Pressing Country:US Released:May 1966 Genre:Rock Style:Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock A1Medication Written-By – Ben DiTosti, Minette Allton* 2:27 A2Little Sally Tease Written-By – Jim Valley 2:35 A3There Is A Storm Comin' Written-By – Ed Cobb 2:43 A419th Nervous Breakdown Written-By – M. Jagger-K. Richard* 3:55 A5Dirty Water Written-By – Ed Cobb 2:48 B1Pride & Devotion Written-By – Larry Tamblyn 2:15 B2Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White Written-By – Ed Cobb 2:37 B3Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? Written-By – Chester Powers* 2:10 B4Why Did You Hurt Me Written-By – D. Dodd*, T. Valentino* 2:30 B5Rari Written-By – Ed Cobb 3:18 Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles Produced For – Greengrass Productions Arranged By – Dick Dodd, Ed Cobb, Gary Lane (2), Larry Tamblyn, Tony Valentino (2) Drums, Vocals – Dick Dodd Engineer [Consultant Engineers] – Kearnie W. Barton*, Tom May Guitar – Gary Lane (2), Tony Valentino (2) Photography By [Photo] – Roland Young (3) Producer – Ed Cobb Vocals, Organ – Larry Tamblyn

USA MONO FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT A FEW PLAY SCUFFS AND FINGERPRINTS. 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.