JOHN LENNON, Imagine [with poster, lyric inner and postcard] USA 1st pressing LP

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John Lennon ?– Imagine Label: Apple Records ?– SW 3379 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester  Country: US Released: 09 Sep 1971 Genre: Rock, Blues, Folk, World, & Country Style: Classic Rock, Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Imagine Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Piano [S] – John Lennon Written-By [Uncredited] – Yoko Ono 2:59 A2 Crippled Inside Acoustic Guitar – John Tout (2), Rod Linton, Ted Turner Dobro – George Harrison Double Bass [Upright] – Klaus Voormann, Steve Brendell Electric Guitar – John Lennon Piano – Nicky Hopkins 3:43 A3 Jealous Guy Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar, Whistling – John Lennon Harmonium – John Barham Other [Good Vibes] – Alan White 4:10 A4 It's So Hard Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Jim Gordon Guitar – John Lennon Saxophone – King Curtis 2:22 A5 I Don't Want To Be A Soldier Acoustic Guitar – Joey Badfinger, Tommy Badfinger Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Jim Keltner Guitar – John Lennon Maracas – Steve Brendell Piano – Nicky Hopkins Saxophone [S] – King Curtis Slide Guitar – George Harrison Tambourine – Mike Pinder 6:01 B1 Give Me Some Truth Acoustic Guitar – Andy*, Rod Linton Bass [S] – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Guitar [S] – John Lennon Lead Guitar – George Harrison Piano – Nicky Hopkins 3:11 B2 Oh My Love Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums, Cymbal [Tibetan] – Alan White Electric Piano – Nicky Hopkins Guitar – George Harrison Piano – John Lennon Written-By – Ono* 2:40 B3 How Do You Sleep? Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Guitar – John Lennon Piano – Nicky Hopkins Slide Guitar – George Harrison 5:29 B4 How? Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Piano – John Lennon, Nicky Hopkins Vibraphone [Vibes] – John Barham 3:37 B5 Oh Yoko! Acoustic Guitar – Andy*, Rod Linton Bass – Klaus Voormann Drums – Alan White Guitar, Harmonica – John Lennon Piano – Nicky Hopkins 4:18 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc. Published By – Maclen Music, Inc. Recorded At – Ascot Sound Studios Overdubbed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Credits Arranged By – Lennon*, Ono* (tracks: B2)  Artwork [Whip And Mirror], Cover [Cloud Piece On Cover], Design, Photography By – Yoko Ono Engineer [Ascot Sound Studos] – Eddie Beer, Eddie Klein, Eddie Offor*, Philip McDonald*  Engineer [Record Plant] – Jack Douglas, Roy Sicala*, Shelly Yukus*  Featuring [Overdubbed At Record Plant, New York] – The Flux Fiddlers Mastered By – sf*  Orchestrated By [Flux Fiddlers] – Torrie Zito Other [Food] – Val & Diana  Other [John & Yoko's P. A.] – Dan Richter  Other [This & That At Record Plant] – Tom & Alene, Al Steckler  Other [This & That] – Mal Evans & Peter Bendry  Photography By – Yoko Ono Producer – John & Yoko*, Phil Spector Typography – George Maciunas Vocals – John Lennon Written-By – Lennon*  Notes Early Winchester pressing (as identified by ?? in the run-outs) Custom Apple label with John's face on Side 1. "Mfd. By Apple Records Inc." text along bottom perimeter of both labels. Label titles this release "Imagine: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (With The Flux Fiddlers*)" Cover is glossy-laminated on both sides. Comes with custom die-cut inner sleeve with lyrics, photos and credits. Comes with 3 inserts: * Poster of Lennon playing on his white piano, measures approximately 24" x 36". * 4"x6" postcard of either Lennon Straddling a Pig, or a different image of a Nymph-Like photo of Yoko and Lennon.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH POSTER, 'PIG' POSTCARD AND ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: SW-1-3379 Z3 #2 sf BellSound ??  /  SIDE B: SW-2-3379 Z3 sf BellSound ??.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. SOME FRONT LAMINATED LIFT. POSTER VERY GOOD+, POSTCARD HAS PINHOLE AT TOP,  INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. TWO LIGHT SCRATCHES THAT MAY CLICK, SOME PLAY SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. A DECENT PLAYING COPY WITH NO SKIPS OR JUMPS, BUT SOME POPS AND CLICKS IN QUIET PASSAGES. 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.  

     
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