AC/DC – Back In Black ROBERT LUDWIG Masterdisk USA 1st pressing LP

$

90

AC/DC – Back In Black Label: Atlantic – SD 16018 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Specialty Press, Embossed Cover, Grey Print Country: US Released: 1980 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock Tracklist A1 Hells Bells 5:09 A2 Shoot To Thrill 5:14 A3 What Do You Do For Money Honey 3:33 A4 Given The Dog A Bone 3:30 A5 Let Me Put My Love Into You 4:12 B1 Back In Black 4:13 B2 You Shook Me All Night Long 3:28 B3 Have A Drink On Me 3:57 B4 Shake A Leg 4:03 B5 Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution 4:12 Companies, etc. Record Company – Warner Communications Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Leidseplein Presse B.V. Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Published By – J. Albert Ltd. Published By – Marks Music Recorded At – Compass Point Studios Mastered At – Masterdisk Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Credits Art Direction – Bob Defrin Engineer – Tony Platt Engineer [Assistant] – Benji Armbrister*, Jack Newber* Management – Peter Mensch Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – RL* Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] – Brad Samuelsohn Performer – Angus Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd Photography By [Photos] – Robert Ellis (4) Producer – Robert John "Mutt" Lange* Written-By – Young*, Johnson*, Young* Notes Embossed cover with grey print on the front and rear covers and spine. "SP" found at the end of the etched matrix number in the runout and the label matrix & "E A S T" embossed around the center hole denote a Specialty Records Corporation pressing. Recorded at Compass Point Studios April - May 1980 All songs published by J. Albert Ltd. / Marks Music, BMI. Albert Productions ℗ 1980 Leidseplein Presse B.V. © 1980 Atlantic Recording Corporation Printed in U.S.A. A Warner Communications Company

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN EMBOSSED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX: SIDE A: ST-A-804517-A MASTERDISK RL SP 0-1 3 / SIDE B: ST-A-804518-B MASTERDISK RL SP 0-2 2-3.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INNER SLEEVE HAS SMALL MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME LIGHT PLAY SCUFFS. 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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