TALKING HEADS Stop Making Sense OST EX+ PLAY GRADED 1984 Sire 1-25186 1ST PRESS

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Vinyl:  EX+ Play Graded. Sounds Great!   Sire Labels are Clean.  This is the Original 1984 Sire 1st Pressing! 1-25186.  This is the definitive, audiophile acclaimed pressing, Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC and Pressed at Monarch Records Mfg. Corp, Los Angeles, CA!  Listen for the subtle sounds of excellence from Monarch, silkier vocals, warmer, deeper bass and drums.  One of the hottest Live sets in Rock!  Caught Live at Pantages theater, Los Angeles, this one DEMANDS an Instant Dance Party! Be sure to check out the movie!!! See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax:  Side 1:  1-25186-A-SH1   1 25186 A  SH1  the glyph for Monarch Records Mfg. Corp, Los Angeles, CA  B-19701-SH1  SLM  "delta" 7401 1-1  "STERLING" (stampers)  TJ, for Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound, NYC Side 2:      1 25186-B SH1   1 25186 A  SH1  the glyph for Monarch Records Mfg. Corp, Los Angeles, CA  B-19702-SH1  SLM  "delta" 7401-X  1-1   "STERLING" (stampers)  TJ, for Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound, NYC
Cover:  EX+  (see photos)   Includes the photo/credits inner sleeve.
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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.   

AllMusic Review by Michael Hastings  [-]

Equal in importance to Jonathan Demme's classic film record of Talking Heads' 1983 tour, the soundtrack, Stop Making Sense, released in support of it is nine tracks that follow the natural progression of frontman David Byrne's meticulously arranged stage show.  An exemplary snapshot of a band at the height of its powers, even with some of his more memorable tics from the movie edited out, Byrne is in fine voice here: Never before had he sounded warmer or more approachable, as evidenced by his soaring rendition of "Once in a Lifetime." Though almost half the album focuses on Speaking in Tongues material, the band makes room for one of Byrne's Catherine Wheel tunes (the hard-driving, elliptical "What a Day That Was") as well as up-tempo versions of "Pyscho Killer" and "Take Me to the River." If anything, Stop Making Sense's emphasis on keyboards and rhythm is its greatest asset: Knob-tweakers Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison play up their parts and guest Bernie Worrell keeps it funky.  For a generation that may have missed the band's seminal '70s work, Stop Making Sense proves to be an excellent primer.