VAPORS, New Clear Days USA 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP [with Turning Japanese]

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  The Vapors ?– New Clear Days Label: United Artists Records ?– LT-1049 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: 1980 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave Tracklist A1 Turning Japanese 3:40 A2 Sixty Second Interval 3:50 A3 Waiting For The Weekend 3:04 A4 Spring Collection 2:52 A5 Letter From Hiro 6:22 B1 News At Ten 3:18 B2 Somehow 3:32 B3 Prisoners 2:52 B4 Trains 3:26 B5 Bunkers 3:53 Companies, etc. Copyright (c) – Liberty/United Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Liberty/United Records, Inc. Manufactured By – Liberty/United Records, Inc. Published By – Glenwood Music Corp. Recorded At – Basing Street Studios Recorded At – The Town House Recorded At – Roundhouse Studios Remixed At – The Town House Mastered At – Master Room Credits Arranged By – The Vapors Art Direction – John Pasche Bass Guitar, Vocals – Steve Smith (73) Cymbal [Cymbalom] – John Leech (tracks: A5) Design – Shoot That Tiger! Design Concept – Paul Briginshaw Drums – Howard Smith (3) Engineer [Assistant At Basing Street] – Barry*, Nigel* Engineer [Assistant At Townhouse] – George*, Marlese, Nick* Engineer [Basing Street] – Andy Lydon* Engineer [Roundhouse Studios] – Trevor Hallesy (tracks: A1) Engineer [Townhouse] – Alan Douglas (2) Guitar, Lead Vocals, Written-By – David Fenton Lead Guitar – Edward Bazalgette Mastered By – Arun Chakruverty* Photography By – Phil Jude Producer – Pete Wilson* (tracks: B3), Vic Coppersmith-Heaven (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5) Remix – Alan*, Vic*  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  CORNER DRIL HOLE.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. 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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