BAUHAUS, In The Flat Field UK 1st pressing LP Daniel Ash Pete Murphy
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Bauhaus ?– In The Flat Field Label: 4AD ?– CAD 13 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Utopia Cut, West Drayton Pressing Country: UK Released: 05 Nov 1980 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Goth Rock, Post-Punk Tracklist A1 Double Dare 4:57 A2 In The Flat Field 4:00 A3 A God In An Alcove 4:07 A4 Dive 2:10 A5 The Spy In The Cab 4:27 B1 Small Talk Stinks 3:35 B2 St. Vitus Dance 3:30 B3 Stigmata Martyr 3:37 B4 Nerves 7:10 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – 4AD Published By – Beggars Banquet Music Recorded At – Southern Studios Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton Credits Design [Sleeve Design] – Bauhaus Engineer – Tony Cook (2) Instruments, Lyrics By, Arranged By – Bauhaus Layout – Glenn Campling Performer [Bauhaus Are] – Daniel Ash, David Jay*, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy Photography By [Daniel Ash] – Eugene Merinov Photography By [David Jay] – Geoff Smith (9) Photography By [Front Cover Photograph] – Duane Michals Photography By [Kevin Haskins] – Stella Watts Photography By [Peter Murphy] – Piers Bannister Written-By, Producer – Bauhaus Notes Original UK LP release: - Matte black & white sleeve. - Matte black & white top-opening inner sleeve with square corners. - Blue 4AD labels with background design and text aligned. - Cut at Utopia. - Pressed at WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton. Recorded at Southern Studios, London, except "Double Dare" recorded at B.B.C. Maidavale Studios and released by arrangement with BBC Records. Front cover photograph: Homage to Purvis de Chavannes © Artists Postcards 1978. N.Y.C. (Series II). Manufactured in the UK ? 1980 4 AD
UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: CAD 13 A1 ? F2 W / SIDE B: ? CAD 13 B1 F2 W THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR CLAIMS ANOTHER INTRO.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME SCUFFS ALONG OPENING TOP BUT NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT A FEW HAIRLINES 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.
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.
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