JONI MITCHELL, For The Roses USA 1st pressing LP

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Joni Mitchell – For The Roses Label: Asylum Records – SD 5057 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, PR - Presswell Pressing, Gatefold Country: US Released: Nov 1972 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Soft Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Banquet 3:00 A2 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire Electric Guitar – James Burton Electric Guitar – James Burton 4:17 A3 Barangrill 2:53 A4 Lesson In Survival 3:10 A5 Let The Wind Carry Me 3:55 A6 For The Roses 3:46 B1 See You Sometime 2:58 B2 Electricity 3:00 B3 You Turn Me On I'm A Radio 2:40 B4 Blonde In The Bleachers Guest [Rock 'n' Roll Band] – Stephen Stills Guest [Rock 'n' Roll Band] – Stephen Stills 2:40 B5 Woman Of Heart And Mind 2:36 B6 Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune) 5:25 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Asylum Records Copyright © – Asylum Records Copyright © – Joni Mitchell Pressed By – Presswell Published By – Joni Mitchell Recorded At – A&M Studios Credits Advisor [Direction] – The Geffen Roberts Co.* Art Direction, Design – Anthony Hudson (2) Bass – Wilton Felder Composed By – Joni Mitchell Drums – Russ Kunkel Engineer [Sound], Producer [Guidance] – Henry Lewy Harmonica – Graham Nash Percussion – Bobbye Hall Photography By – Joel Bernstein Strings – Bobby Notkoff Woodwind [Woodwinds], Reeds – Tommy Scott* Notes Presswell pressing as denoted by "PR" in label matrices. Original covers featured a double gatefold unipak design with a print of a water color signed by Joni Mitchell and lyrics in the first gate and a picture of Joni Mitchell, nude backside, standing on rocks in water and lyrics in second gate. All songs published by Joni Mitchell / BMI Copyright Ⓒ1972 ℗ ©1972 Asylum Records Printed in U.S.A.

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN UNIPAK SLEEVE WITH WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. 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, 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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