BEATLES, Magical Mystery Tour MONO with booklet USA 1st pressing LP
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The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour More images Label: Capitol Records – MAL-2835, Capitol Records – MAL 2835 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Scranton Pressing, Gatefold Country: US Released: Nov 27, 1967 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Magical Mystery Tour 2:48 A2 The Fool On The Hill 3:00 A3 Flying Written-By – Harrison*, Lennon*, McCartney*, Starr* Written-By – Harrison*, Lennon*, McCartney*, Starr* 2:16 A4 Blue Jay Way Written-By – George Harrison Written-By – George Harrison 3:50 A5 Your Mother Should Know 2:33 A6 I Am The Walrus 4:35 B1 Hello Goodbye 3:24 B2 Strawberry Fields Forever 4:05 B3 Penny Lane 2:57 B4 Baby You're A Rich Man 3:07 B5 All You Need Is Love 3:57 Companies, etc. Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton Credits Producer – George Martin, Big George Martin* Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* (tracks: A1, A2, A5 to B5) Notes 1967 mono pressing. This was the last of their original US albums to be issued in mono. Some copies may include an export sticker for the U.K. (see pic). "IAM" in a triangle stamped in runouts denotes a Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton pressing, and it has unique Scranton labels. -The labels credit BMI on all the songs. -Inside jacket credits Maclen Music Inc., BMI. -Has "No you're not" under "I Am the Walrus" in bold block letters. -Pressed at Capitol's Scranton factory, as identified by the IAM triangle stamp in the run-outs. -Includes 24-page booklet
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON BLACK/RAINBOW RIM LABEL IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: MAL▼-1-2835-F9 IAM / SIDE B: MAL▼-2-2835-F7 #2 IAM.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. BOOKLET VERY GOOD BUT HAS COME AWAY FROM INSIDE GATEFOLD SLEEVE AS GLUE HAS DRIED OUT. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES BUT THERE ARE PLAY SCUFFS, HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS. DISC NEEDS A GOOD VPI TYPE CLEAN PRIOT 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.
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