LEONARD COHEN, Songs Of Leonard Cohen MONO [with insert] USA 1st pressing LP

$

200

Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Leonard Cohen Label: Columbia – CL 2733 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Pitman Pressing Country: US Released: Feb 1968 Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country Style: Acoustic, Ballad A1 Suzanne A2 Master Song A3 Winter Lady A4 The Stranger Song A5 Sisters Of Mercy B1 So Long, Marianne B2 Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye B3 Stories Of The Street B4 Teachers B5 One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Liner Notes – L. C.* Photography By, Cover – Machine (29) Producer, Music Director [Musical Director] – John Simon Written-By – L. Cohen* Cover variant, with "Leonard Cohen" within black border above artist photo. Includes tri-fold lyric insert.

USA MONO FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH LYRIC INSERT AND GENERIC WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  o XLP118901-1A 1 P /  SIDE B: o XLP118902-1A 1 P A1A.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. MINOR SCUFFING ON MIDDLE OPENING EDGE.  LYRIC INSERT VERY GOOD+.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINE PLAY SCUFFS 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.  

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