OZZY OSBOURNE, Blizzard Of Ozz 1st pressing LP Black Sabbath Randy Rhoads

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  Ozzy Osbourne ?– Blizzard Of Ozz Label: Jet Records ?– JZ 36812 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Santa Maria Press  Country: US Released: 27 Mar 1981 Genre: Rock Style: Heavy Metal Tracklist  A1 I Don't Know 5:14 A2 Crazy Train 4:50 A3 Goodbye To Romance 5:33 A4 Dee 0:49 A5 Suicide Solution 4:17 B1 Mr. Crowley 5:02 B2 No Bone Movies 3:53 B3 Revelation (Mother Earth) 6:10 B4 Steal Away (The Night) 3:27 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios Mixed At – Ridge Farm Studios Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Manufactured By – CBS Records Distributed By – CBS Records Published By – Essex Music International Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Credits Bass Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Gong – Bob Daisley Drums, Percussion, Bells [Tubular], Timpani – Lee Kerslake Engineer – Max Norman Guitar [All] – Randy Rhoads Keyboards – Don Airey Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne Mastered By [Deadwax Flower] – Brian Gardner Photography By – Fin Costello Producer – Daisley*, Kerslake*, Osbourne*, Rhoads*  Written-By – Daisley* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B4), Kerslake* (tracks: B2), Osbourne* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B4), Rhoads* (tracks: A1 to B4) Recorded March 22-April 19, 1980 Mixed May 5-20, At Ridge Farm Studios Custom inner sleeve contains lyrics. 

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:  SX PAL-36812-1A ? 0 MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ, L.A., CALIF.  B25/  SIDE B: T1 PBL-36812-1F ? XG MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. E2.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  SMALL REAR SCORE MARK.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES 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.

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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