DONALD FAGEN, The Nightfly ROBERT LUDWIG [w/hype] USA 1st press LP FREE SHIPPING

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80

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly  Label: Warner Bros. Records – 9 23696-1, Warner Bros. Records – 1-23696 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing Country: US Released: 1982 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Fusion, Pop Rock, Classic Rock A1 I.G.Y (International Geophysical Year) Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 6:05 A2 Green Flower Street Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 3:40 A3 Ruby Baby Arranged By – Donald Fagen Composed By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller* 5:38 A4 Maxine Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 3:50 B1 New Frontier Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 6:23 B2 The Nightfly Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 5:50 B3 The Goodbye Look Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 4:47 B4 Walk Between Raindrops Composed By, Arranged By – Donald Fagen 2:38 Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk Mastered At – Masterdisk Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △2607 Recorded At – The Village Recorder Recorded At – Automated Sound Studios Recorded At – Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Studios Mixed At – Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Studios Mixed At – Automated Sound Studios Mixed At – The Village Recorder Arranged By [Horns] – Rob Mounsey Backing Vocals – Daniel Lazerus (tracks: A2), Frank Floyd (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Gordon Grody (tracks: A1), Leslie Miller (tracks: B4), Starz Vanderlocket (tracks: B1), Valerie Simpson (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3), Zack Sanders* (tracks: A1, A2, B2) Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: B1), Anthony Jackson (tracks: A1, A3), Chuck Rainey (tracks: A2), Marcus Miller (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Will Lee (tracks: B4) Drums – Ed Green* (tracks: A4, B1), James Gadson (tracks: A1, A3), Jeff Porcaro (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3), Steve Jordan (tracks: B4) Engineer [Digital Maintenance] – Wayne Yurgelun* Engineer [Assistant] – Cheryl Smith, Mike Morongell*, Robin Lane*, Wayne Yurgelun* Engineer [Chief] – Roger Nichols Engineer [Digital Maintenance, 3M] – Bill Roach, Jiri Donovsky Engineer [Digital Maintenance, Soundworks] – Mike Morongell* Engineer [Overdub] – Daniel Lazerus Engineer [Tracking & Mixdown] – Elliot Scheiner Euphonium – Dave Bargeron (tracks: A4) Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker (tracks: A3, A4) Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: A2, B3), Hugh McCracken (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Larry Carlton (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4), Rick Derringer (tracks: A2, B2), Steve Khan (tracks: B3) Harmonica – Hugh McCracken (tracks: B1) Lacquer Cut By – RL* Liner Notes, Arranged By [Horns] – D.F.* Mastered By – Bob Ludwig Mastered By [Original Mastering, Masterdisc N Y C] – Bob Ludwig Percussion – Roger Nichols (tracks: A1), Starz Vanderlocket (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3) Percussion [Sequencing, Special Effect & Wendel I I] – Roger Nichols Piano – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B3), Michael Omartian (tracks: A3, B1, B2) Producer – Gary Katz Saxophone – Dave Tofani (tracks: A1, A4), Michael Brecker (tracks: A1, A3, A4), Ronnie Cuber (tracks: A1, A4) Synth [Synth Blues Harp] – Donald Fagen (tracks: A1) Synthesizer – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: B3, B4), Rob Mounsey (tracks: A1, A2, b2) Trombone – Dave Bargeron (tracks: A1) Trumpet – Randy Brecker (tracks: A1, A3) (RL) etched on Side 1, MASTERDISK stampers on both sides.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: X SLM △2607 α B-17196-SH1 1-23696-A-SH-1 MASTERDISK RL; SIDE B: X SLM △2607-X α B-17197-SH2 1-23696-B-SH2 MASTERDISK.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH ORIGINAL STORE PRICE STICKER AND HYPE STICKER, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

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.