DEF LEPPARD, Pyromania USA 1st pressing LP

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  Def Leppard ?– Pyromania Label: Mercury ?– 810 308-1 M-1, Mercury ?– 422-810 308-1 M-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 72 PRC-Richmond  Country: US Released: 17 Jan 1983 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock Tracklist  A1 Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop) 3:53 A2 Photograph 4:12 A3 Stagefright 3:46 A4 Too Late For Love 4:30 A5 Die Hard The Hunter 6:17 B1 Foolin' 4:32 B2 Rock Of Ages 4:09 B3 Comin' Under Fire 4:20 B4 Action! Not Words 3:52 B5 Billy's Got A Gun 5:27 Companies, etc. Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc. Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram Ltd. Copyright (c) – Phonogram Ltd. Published By – Zomba Enterprises, Inc. Recorded At – Parkgate Studios Overdubbed At – Battery Studios, London Mixed At – Battery Studios, London Mastered At – Masterdisk Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN Credits Backing Vocals – The Leppardettes Bass – Rick Savage Crew [Road] – Charlie (13), Phay*, Rob (86), Russ*  Drums – Rick Allen (2) Engineer – Mike Shipley Guitar – Phil Collen, Steve "Steamin" Clark*  Guitar [Backing Tracks] – Pete Willis Handclaps [Clap] – Charlie (13) (tracks: B2), Russ* (tracks: B2)  Illustration [Front Cover] – Bernard Gudynas Keyboards [Other] – Booker T. Boffin Keyboards, Programmed By [Cmi Fairlight Programmed By] – John Kongos Lead Vocals – Joe Elliott Management – Q Prime Inc. Mastered By – Bob Ludwig Other [Booking] – A.T.I. (Marsha Vlasic), I.T.B. (Rod MacSween)  Photography By [Back Cover] – David Landslide Photography By [Joe Elliott, Steve 'steamin' Clark, Rick Allen] – Robert Ellis (4) Photography By [Phil Collen] – Vic Virdi Photography By [Rick Savage] – Josh Emmett Producer, Mixed By – Robert John "Mutt" Lange*  Sleeve [Sleeve Concept], Design – Satori (14) Written-By – Elliott*, Willis* (tracks: A2, A4, B3, B5), Savage* (tracks: A1 to A5, B5), Lange*, Clark* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B5)  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL POLY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD ONLY DUE TO GENERAL SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD ONLY. NO SCRATCHES, BUT DISC IS VERY DUSTY AND NEEDS A PROFESSIONAL CLEAN PRIOR TO FIRST PLAY.  SOME 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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