FRED WESLEY & THE J.B.'S, Damn Right I Am Somebody ROBERT LUDWIG USA 1st EXC- LP

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Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s ?– Damn Right I Am Somebody Label: People (8) ?– PE 6602, People (8) ?– 2391 125 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Sonic Pressing  Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Funk Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Damn Right I'm Somebody Written-By – Fred Wesley, James Brown 6:00 A2 Blow Your Head Written-By – Fred Wesley, James Brown 4:43 A3 I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin' Written-By – Fred Wesley, James Brown 9:28 B1 Same Beat - Part 1 Written-By – James Brown 3:30 B2 If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up & Try It Again, Parrty Written-By – James Brown 3:36 B3 Make Me What You Want Me To Be Written-By – Fred Wesley, James Brown 3:34 B4 Going To Get A Thrill Written-By – Hank Ballard, James Brown 6:00 B5 You Sure Love To Ball Written-By – M. Gaye* 4:13 Companies, etc. Distributed By – Polydor Incorporated Mastered At – Sterling Sound Published By – Dynatone Publishing Co. Published By – Belinda Music, Inc. Published By – Unichappell & Co. Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc. Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound Pressed By – Sonic Recording Products, Inc. – K-6560 Pressed By – Sonic Recording Products, Inc. – K-6561 Credits Lacquer Cut By – RL*  Producer – James Brown Notes Recorded during the same session as album James Brown - The Payback *?1973 Polydor Incorporated (B1 & B2) †?1974 Polydor Incorporated  People Records are distributed by Polydor Incorporated. This version is the Sonic pressing plant variation and can be identified by the "SON" runout groove etching and by the label typesetting.  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

There is nothing quite as funky as this album cut by Robert Ludwig at Sterling, as were many other prime period James Brown and Roy Ayers Polydor albums.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: PE-6602-A-1A SON STERLING RL K-6560 /  SIDE B:  PE-6602-B-1A K-6561 STERLING RL SON

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER CUT.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO 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.

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.