PAUL SIMON, Paul Simon PROMO USA 1st pressing LP [Mother & Child Reunion/Duncan]

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Paul Simon ?– Paul Simon Label: Columbia ?– KC 30750 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute pressing  Country: US Released: 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Pop Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Mother And Child Reunion Bass – Jackie Jackson (3) Drums – Winston Grennan Lead Guitar – Hux Brown Organ – Neville Hinds Percussion – Denzil Laing Piano – Larry Knechtel Rhythm Guitar – Wallace Wilson (2) Vocals – Cissy Houston, Deirdre Tuck, Renelle Stafford, Von Eva Sims 3:05 A2 Duncan Charango, Flute, Percussion – Los Incas Guitar – Paul Simon 4:39 A3 Everything Put Together Falls Apart Guitar – Paul Simon Harmonium, Electric Piano – Larry Knechtel 1:59 A4 Run That Body Down Bass – Ron Carter Drums – Hal Blaine Electric Guitar – Jerry Hahn Guitar – David Spinozza, Paul Simon Vibraphone – Mike Mainieri 3:52 A5 Armistice Day Electric Guitar – Jerry Hahn Guitar – Paul Simon Horns – Fred Lipsius, Jack Schroer Percussion – Airto Moreira 3:55 B1 Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Bass – Russell George Engineer – Phil Ramone Guitar – David Spinozza, Paul Simon Percussion – Airto Moreira Remix – Roy Halee 2:42 B2 Peace Like A River Bass – Joe Osborn Drums – Victor Montanez Guitar – Paul Simon 3:20 B3 Papa Hobo Bass Harmonica – Charlie McCoy Guitar – Paul Simon Harmonium – Larry Knechtel 2:35 B4 Hobo's Blues Guitar – Paul Simon Violin – Stéphane Grappelli 1:20 B5 Paranoia Blues Drums – Hal Blaine Horns – Jack Schroer, Steve Turre Percussion – Paul Simon 2:45 B6 Congratulations Bass – Joe Osborn Drums – Hal Blaine Guitar – Paul Simon Piano, Organ – Larry Knechtel 3:40 Notes Columbia, Terre Haute pressing. Issued with stiff-paper lyric inner sleeve. A1 recorded at Dynamic Sounds Studios, Kingston, Jamaica. A2 and B4 recorded at C.B.E. Studios, Paris, France. B5 recorded at Western Studios, Los Angeles. All other tracks recorded at C.B.S. Studios, New York and San Francisco.  

USA PROMO STAMPED FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: PAL30750-4C 1T o J1 /  SIDE B: PBL30750-4C 1T H3.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS AND A COUPLE OF FINGERPRINTS.  A VERY DECENT PLAYING FIRST PRESSING. 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.  

• 1. USA BY MEDIA MAIL IS $5.19 FOR ANY AMOUNT OF LPs PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME

          


• 2. INTERNATIONAL BY AIR MAIL [EXCEPT ITALY, WHICH IS $44.99 REGISTERED/SIGNED-FOR AIR MAIL] IS $27.99

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