MOODY BLUES, The Magnificent Moodies MONO UK 3rd pressing Excellent- LP

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The Moody Blues – The Magnificent Moodies  Label: Decca – LK 4711 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono Country: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop Style: A1 I'll Go Crazy Vocals – Denny* Written-By – Brown* A2 Something You Got Flute – Ray* Vocals – Denny* Written-By – Kenner* A3 Go Now! Producer – A. Wharton* Vocals – Denny* Written-By – Banks*, Bennett* A4 Can't Nobody Love You Harmonica – Ray* Soloist, Classical Guitar [Spanish Guitar] – Denny* Written-By – Mitchell* A5 I Don't Mind Vocals – Mike* Written-By – Brown* A6 I've Got A Dream Flute – Ray* Vocals – Clint*, Denny* Written-By – Greenwich*, Barry* B1 Let Me Go Flute – Ray* Piano – Mike Pinder Vocals – Denny* Written-By – Denny Laine, Mike Pinder B2 Stop Vocals, Classical Guitar [Spanish Guitar] – Denny* Written-By – Denny Laine, Mike Pinder B3 Thank You Baby Maracas [Maraccas] – Ray* Vocals – Denny* Written-By – Denny Laine, Mike Pinder B4 It Ain't Necessarily So Vocals – Ray* Written-By – Heyward*, G.&I. Gershwin B5 True Story Tambourine – Ray* Vocals – Denny* Written-By – Denny Laine, Mike Pinder B6 Bye Bye Bird Vocals, Harmonica – Denny* Written-By – Williamson* Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited Printed By – Robert Stace Mastered At – Decca Studios Published By – Lois Music Published By – Jewel Music Published By – Belinda Published By – Aberbach Published By – Sparta Music Published By – Chappell Bass – Clint Warwick Design – Shirley Scott-James Drums – Graham Edge* Liner Notes – Donovan, Virginia Ironside Mastered By – A (26) Photography By – Nicholas Wright (2) Producer – Denny Cordell (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6) 70s Decca label design with boxed DECCA logos. Front-laminated cover.

UK MONO THIRD PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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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