BOB WEIR, Ace [w/hype] USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP Grateful Dead FREE SHIP

$

97

Bob Weir – Ace  Label: Warner Bros. Records – BS 2627 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Press Country: US Released: May 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock A1 Greatest Story Ever Told Bass – Dave Torbert Written-By – Weir*, Hunter* 3:42 A2 Black-Throated Wind Written-By – Weir*, Barlow* 5:43 A3 Walk In The Sunshine Written-By – Weir*, Barlow* 3:02 A4 Playing In The Band Written-By – Weir*, Hunter* 7:38 B1 Looks Like Rain Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Ed Bogus* Pedal Steel Guitar – Jerry Garcia Written-By – Weir*, Barlow* 6:10 B2 Mexicali Blues Harmony Vocals – Phil Lesh Written-By – Weir*, Barlow* 3:24 B3 One More Saturday Night Written-By – Weir* 4:25 B4 Cassidy Written-By – Weir*, Barlow* 3:39 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright © – Mouse Studios Designed At – Mouse Studios Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios Mixed At – Alembic Studios Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Published By – Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Robert "Ace" Weir* Artwork [Cover Art] – Kelley* Bass – Phil Lesh Design – Mouse Studios Drums – William "Fairplay" Kreutzmann* Electric Guitar, Mixed By – Jerry Garcia Harmony Vocals [The Chick Vocals] – Donna Godchaux Photography By – Ron Rakow Piano – Keith Godchaux Recorded By – Betty*, Bob* Green label with "WB" shield. Original copies have a color photo of Bob Weir on the back of sleeve.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER AND ORIGINAL STORE PRICE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT 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.