XTC, Drums And Wires USA Excellent- LP

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37

XTC – Drums And Wires Label: Epic – PE 38151, Virgin – PE 38151 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Terre Haute Country: US Released: 1982 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Alternative Rock A1 Life Begins At The Hop 3:25 A2 Helicopter 3:54 A3 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty 3:19 A4 Ten Feet Tall 3:09 A5 Roads Girdle The Globe 4:50 B1 Real By Reel 3:45 B2 Millions 5:34 B3 That Is The Way 2:55 B4 Outside World 2:39 B5 Scissor Man 3:56 B6 Complicated Game 4:46 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd. Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd. Manufactured By – Epic Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Recording Studios Mastered At – Customatrix Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Engineer – Hugh Padgham Producer – Steve Lillywhite Written-By – A. Partridge* (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B2, B4 to B6), C. Moulding* (tracks: A1, A4, B3) Has blue Epic labels. This version did not come with lyrics / credits inner sleeve. Just generic white paper. This reissue did not include the song "Making Plans for Nigel" which was on the original pressings in 1979. Looks to be a Terre Haute pressing, as noted by the 'TI' and 'IT' on the runouts. © 1979 Virgin Records, Ltd. ℗ 1979 Virgin Records, Ltd. Manufactured by Epic Records / CBS Inc.

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. PRICE STICKER ON FRONT MIDDLE.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. 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.  

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