INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion USA LP

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The Incredible String Band – The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion  Label: Elektra – EKS-74010 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Pitman Pressing Country: US Released: 1969 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic, Folk Tracklist A1 Chinese White 3:35 A2 No Sleep Blues 3:50 A3 Painting Box 4:00 A4 The Mad Hatter's Song 5:35 A5 Little Cloud 4:02 A6 The Eyes Of Fate 4:57 B1 Blues For The Muse 2:43 B2 The Hedgehog's Song 3:25 B3 First Girl I Loved 4:50 B4 You Know What You Could Be 2:45 B5 My Name Is Death 2:42 B6 Gently Tender 4:42 B7 Way Back In The 1960s 3:07 Companies, etc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Mastered At – Customatrix Credits Artwork – Simon & Marijke* Bass – Danny Thompson (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B1, B3, B4, B7) Drums – Robin Williamson (tracks: A5, B2, B4, B6) Engineer – John Wood Finger Cymbals – Licorice (tracks: A3) Flute – Robin Williamson (tracks: A2, A3, B4, B6) Guimbri [Bass Gimbri] – Robin Williamson (tracks: B6) Guimbri [Bowed Gimbri] – Robin Williamson (tracks: A1) Guitar – Robin Williamson (tracks: A2, A4, A6, B1, B3, B5, B7) Harmonica – Mike Heron (2) (tracks: B1) Lead Guitar – Mike Heron (2) (tracks: A2, A6, B7), Robin Williamson (tracks: A3) Lead Vocals – Robin Williamson (tracks: A2, A6, B1, B7) Lead Vocals, Guitar – Mike Heron (2) (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B4, B6) Oud – Robin Williamson (tracks: B4) Photography – Iain Skinner Piano – John Hopkins (tracks: A4) Producer – Joe Boyd Rattle – Robin Williamson (tracks: A5) Sitar [Soma], Tambura – Robin Williamson (tracks: A4) Vocals – Licorice (tracks: A6, B6), Mike Heron (2) (tracks: A2, A6, B1, B7), Robin Williamson (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2 to B6) Written-By – Heron* (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B4, B6), Williamson* (tracks: A2, A4, A6, B1, B3, B5, B7) Notes Red Elektra labels.  

USA SECOND PRESSING RED ELEKTRA LABEL VINYL ALBUM WITH WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. A GOOD PLAYER WITH A FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES AND 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.  

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