CHARLIE HADEN, Quartet West [with hype sticker] USA 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP

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Hermitage

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Charlie Haden, Ernie Watts, Alan Broadbent, Billy Higgins ‎– Quartet West Label: Verve Records ‎– 831 673-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Jazz Style: Contemporary Jazz Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Hermitage Written-By – Pat Metheny 7:59 A2 Body And Soul Written-By – Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Robert Sour 6:19 A3 The Good Life Written-By – Ornette Coleman 4:39 A4 In The Moment Written-By – Charlie Haden 6:06 B Bay City Written-By – Charlie Haden 6:46 B My Foolish Heart Written-By – Ned Washington, Victor Young 6:47 B Passport Written-By – Charlie Parker 4:45 B Taney County Written-By – Charlie Haden 7:39 Companies, etc. Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc. Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – PolyGram Records, Inc. Copyright (c) – PolyGram Records, Inc. Recorded At – Producers 1&2 Mastered At – Fantasy Studios Credits Alto Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: B2)  Bass – Charlie Haden Design, Art Direction – Tom & Ellie Hughes Drums – Billy Higgins (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3)  Engineer – Greg Townley Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Harper Executive-Producer – Richard Seidel Mastered By – George Horn Photography By – Bruce Talamon, Ray Avery Piano – Alan Broadbent (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3)  Producer – Hans Wendl Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: B3)  Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: A1 to A4, B1)  Notes Recorded (December 22 and 23, 1986) and Mixed (January 2, 1987) at Producers 1 & 2, Los Angeles, CA Mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
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USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.

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.

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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