FLEETWOOD MAC, Mystery To Me USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP FREE SHIPPING

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Fleetwood Mac – Mystery To Me  Label: Reprise Records – MS 2158 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: A1 Emerald Eyes Written-By – Welch* A2 Believe Me Written-By – McVie* A3 Just Crazy Love Written-By – McVie* A4 Hypnotized Written-By – Welch* A5 Forever Written-By – Welch*, Weston*, McVie* A6 Keep On Going Acoustic Guitar – Martin Birch Written-By – Welch* B1 The City Written-By – Welch* B2 Miles Away Written-By – Welch* B3 Somebody Written-By – Welch* B4 The Way I Feel Written-By – McVie* B5 For Your Love Written-By – G. Gouldman* B6 Why Written-By – McVie* Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Published By – WB Music Corp. Published By – Blackwood Music Inc. Recorded At – Rolling Stones Mobile Mixed At – Advision Studios Mastered At – Kendun Recorders Produced For – Clifford Davis Productions Ltd. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Arranged By [Strings] – Richard Hewson Bass – John McVie Crew [Road] – David Wheatley (2), John Courage, Phillip McDonnell Design [Cover], Art Direction – Modula (2) Engineer – Martin Birch Engineer [Assistant] – Desmond Majekodunmi, Paul Hardiman Guitar [Guitars], Vocals – Bob Welch Keyboards, Vocals – Christine McVie Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar – Bob Weston Percussion – Mick Fleetwood Photography By – Clive Arrowsmith Producer – Fleetwood Mac, Martin Birch - Back Cover (and lyric sheet) has 'Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait)' listed, instead of 'For Your Love' (Track B5). - Issued on Reprise brown steamboat labels with short rim text. Unlike later reissue labels, this does NOT have the '®' beside the Reprise logo and does NOT have the Warner address, zip code, nor "W" logo in the rim text. - "STEREO" at bottom of labels in large bold font. - Issued with 11.5" x 11.5" lyric insert, with "Good Things (Come To Those Who Wait)."

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH LYRIC INSERT AND GENERIC INNER SLEEVE.  Back Cover (and lyric sheet) has 'Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait)' listed, instead of 'For Your Love' (Track B5)

MATRIX:  SIDE A: P MS-2158 31652 RE-1 KENDUN B; SIDE B: P MS-2158 31653 RE-1 KENDUN.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  PRICE STICKER MARK ON FRONT.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

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