EAGLES Hotel California EX+ PLAY GRADED 1976 Asylum 6E-103 STERLING SPECIALTY RC
$
40
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Vinyl: EX+ Play Graded. Sounds Excellent! Asylum Art Labels are Clean. This is the 1976 Asylum Release. 6E-103. This is the audiophile acclaimed definitive analog pressing, Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC and pressed at Specialty Records Corp., Olyphant, PA! Perhaps the Eagles' Finest Hour! Enter Joe Walsh. Here's the band reinventing themselves and sound Arena-Rock Ready. Try this one out late night and all the glamour and decadence of 70s LA comes oozing out of the speakers...Timeless. all music gives it 5 stars!!! See Review Below!
In the dead wax: Side 1: 6E-103-A-14 SP SRC ((glyph for Specialty Records Corp., Olyphant, PA)) 1-2 "IS IT 6 O'CLOCK YET?" STERLING ((Sterling, NYC))
Side 2: 6E-103-B-14 SP SRC ((glyph for Specialty Records Corp., Olyphant, PA)) SP 1-2 "V.O.L. IS 5 PIECE LIVE" STERLING ((Sterling, NYC))
Cover: EX+ (see photos) Gatefold. Includes the custom credits inner sleeve and the poster in beautiful condition, no pinholes, tears. Appears to have never been hung on a wall. Crisp and suitable for framing! Nice high gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright. Seams and spine are solid and clean, essentially flawless. No splits. No writing. Spine print is crystal clear.
Goldmine Standards. I play grade every record that I sell on eBay as I have found you can't rate a record accurately by just visually inspecting it. I wipe the dust off of every cover with clean, unscented baby wipes. I professionally clean the vinyl. (I also operate a Vinyl Record Cleaning business for your dusty/dirty records--if interested, send me a message).
U.S. Shipping: $4 Media Mail. Tracking included. 50 cents additional shipping per additional item, when the shipment is combined. If you wish to take advantage of my COMBINED SHIPPING deal, simply select your items by clicking on "ADD TO CART" on the main listing page. Do this for all of your selections and then go to your cart to checkout. Your combined shipping discount will be computed automatically. Free domestic shipping if you spend $100 or more!
All records are packaged securely with the vinyl outside the jacket (to avoid seam split in transit). The vinyl and jacket are sandwiched between two cardboard stiffeners and shipped in a custom cardboard record mailer box.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS! I CAN COMBINE SHIP FOR YOU AND MINIMIZE SHIPPING COSTS!!! IF YOU TELL ME WHICH ITEMS YOU WANT TO BUY, I CAN WEIGH THEM AND THE PACKAGING TOGETHER AND THEN GO IN AND ADJUST THE LISTINGS ACCORDINGLY TO REFLECT THE EXACT WEIGHT OF THE COMBINED SHIPMENT! THIS WILL SAVE YOU A LOT OF MONEY!!! IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, SEND ME A MESSAGE TELLING ME WHICH ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
I ship internationally through EBay's Global Shipping Program. Check to be sure that they ship to your country. Feel free to ask any questions and happy shopping!
Once you're satisfied with your purchase, please leave positive feedback and I will do the same for you. If you're unsatisfied, please let me know so we can resolve it. Take a look at my previous feedback and buy with confidence. I've qualified for the "Top Rated Plus" seal from eBay, awarded to the most reputable sellers who consistently deliver outstanding customer service. Check my other items this week, check back often & CLICK ON "SAVE THIS SELLER" at the top of my listings page to be notified of New Listings as I will be adding more Rare items in the coming weeks! Thanks!
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.
AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann [-]
The Eagles took 18 months between their fourth and fifth albums, reportedly spending eight months in the studio recording Hotel California. The album was also their first to be made without Bernie Leadon, who had given the band much of its country flavor, and with rock guitarist Joe Walsh. As a result, the album marks a major leap for the Eagles from their earlier work, as well as a stylistic shift toward mainstream rock. An even more important aspect, however, is the emergence of Don Henley as the band's dominant voice, both as a singer and a lyricist. On the six songs to which he contributes, Henley sketches a thematic statement that begins by using California as a metaphor for a dark, surreal world of dissipation; comments on the ephemeral nature of success and the attraction of excess; branches out into romantic disappointment; and finally sketches a broad, pessimistic history of America that borders on nihilism. Of course, the lyrics kick in some time after one has appreciated the album's music, which marks a peak in the Eagles' playing. Early on, the group couldn't rock convincingly, but the rhythm section of Henley and Meisner has finally solidified, and the electric guitar work of Don Felderand Joe Walsh has arena-rock heft. In the early part of their career, the Eagles never seemed to get a sound big enough for their ambitions; after changes in producer and personnel, as well as a noticeable growth in creativity, Hotel California unveiled what seemed almost like a whole new band. It was a band that could be bombastic, but also one that made music worthy of the later tag of "classic rock," music appropriate for the arenas and stadiums the band was playing. The result was the Eagles' biggest-selling regular album release, and one of the most successful rock albums ever.
price rating
![[J.GREENLEE] Nuchez](https://www.popsike.net/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20140725/221504263482.jpg)
![GIRL IN RED I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY LIMITED EDITION SIGNED VINYL [SHIPPED]](https://www.popsike.net/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20240416/305515582464.jpg)
