BLACK SABBATH, Never Say Die UK 1st pressing LP FREE SHIPPING Ozzy Osbourne
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Black Sabbath – Never Say Die! Label: Vertigo – 9102 751 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: Sep 28, 1978 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Prog Rock A1 Never Say Die A2 Johnny Blade A3 Junior's Eyes A4 Hard Road B1 Shock Wave B2 Air Dance B3 Over To You B4 Breakout B5 Swinging The Chain Vocals – Bill Ward Marketed By – Phonogram Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram International B.V. Published By – Essex Music International Ltd. Recorded At – Sounds Interchange Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering Arranged By [Brass] – Will Malone* Coordinator – Mark Forster (2) Crew – Graham Wright, Les Martin, Roy Lemon Engineer – Dave Harris (3) Engineer [Special Assistance] – Spock Wall Harmonica – John Elstar Keyboards – Don Airey Performer – Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi Producer – Black Sabbath Sleeve, Design – Hipgnosis (2) Written-By – Black Sabbath
UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME CREASING BUT NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: VERY GOOD. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE PLAY SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. 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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