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DiscoTech Eighteen Label: DiscoTech ‎– Discotech18 Format: 3 × Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation, Promo  Country: US Released: 1993 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Funk / Soul Style: Hi NRG, House, Pop Rap, RnB/Swing, Ambient, Synth-pop, Italodance Tracklist Hide Credits A–Bizarre Inc.*Took My Love7:21 B–RozallaFaith (In The Power Of Love) Remix [Post Production] – John Dickinson (2) 6:15 C1–Lu Lu*Independence7:48 C2–World Series Of LifeI Would Give Anything Remix [Digital Post Production] – Mark Alsop, Paul Goodyear 6:10 D1–Information SocietyGoing, Going, Gone Keyboards – Michelle LeBass Remix [Digital Post Production] – Paul Buijsman 7:33 D2–Naughty By NatureHip Hop Hooray6:25 E1–T.C.*Funky Guitar Remix [Digital Post Production] – John W. Moffett* 7:10 E2–Martha WashThe Things We Do For Love6:43 F1–Simple MindsDon't You Forget About Me7:28 F2–Nu ShoozPoint Of No Return5:46 Credits Compilation Producer – John W. Moffett*  Executive-Producer – Regee Wilson Project Manager – Lenny Gray Remix [Digital Post Production] – Lenny Gray (tracks: A, F2), Roy McLeod(tracks: D2, F1)  Remix [Post Production] – John W. Moffett* (tracks: C1, E2)

USA DJ TRIPLE 12 INCH SINGLE SET WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE LABEL BRANDED SLEEVES.  DISCS HOUSED INSIDE POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES. No track insert sheets.

This 12 inch is from a large former distributor's collection.  They have been in storage for decades.  The discs are unplayed. The sleeves may have minor storage wear.

SLEEVES: VERY GOOD+. 

DISCS: UNPLAYED. 

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.