SCORPIONS, Blackout USA 1st pressing Excellent- LP
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Scorpions – Blackout Label: Mercury – SRM-1-4039, Mercury – 6337 218 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 26 Country: US Released: Mar 29, 1982 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock A1 Blackout 3:48 A2 Can't Live Without You 3:46 A3 No One Like You 3:55 A4 You Give Me All I Need 3:38 A5 Now! 2:33 B1 Dynamite 4:12 B2 Arizona 3:53 B3 China White 6:56 B4 When The Smoke Is Going Down 3:50 Mastered At – Masterdisk Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA Backing Vocals – Rudolf Schenker (tracks: A1, A2, B3) Bass – Francis Buchholz Drums – Herman Rarebell Engineer [Mixing] – Gerd Rautenbach Lead Guitar – Rudolf Schenker (tracks: A4, B3, B4) Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [6 String] – Matthias Jabs Lyrics By – H. Rarebell* (tracks: A1, A4 to B2), K. Meine* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3, B4), S. Kittelsen* (tracks: A1) Mastered By – Bob Ludwig, Howie Weinberg Music By – R. Schenker* Producer – Dieter Dierks Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [6 + 12 String] – Rudolf Schenker Vocals – Klaus Meine Basic tracks recorded at "Villa San Pecaïre", St. Jaques-Grasse, Southern France with Dierks Recording Mobile l. Additional recordings and mix at Dierks Studios, Cologne. Mastered at Masterdisk, New York.
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH ORIGINAL STORE PRICE STICKER. INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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.
- 1. USA IS $6.99 FOR ANY AMOUNT OF LPs PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME.
- 2. INTERNATIONAL BY EBAY.
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