LITTLE FEAT, Dixie Chicken USA EXCELLENT- LP Lowell George

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Little Feat ?– Dixie Chicken Label: Warner Bros. Records ?– BS 2686 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress  Country: US Released:   Genre: Rock, Blues, Folk, World, & Country Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Country Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Dixie Chicken Written-By – Martin*, George* 3:55 A2 Two Trains Written-By – George* 3:06 A3 Roll Um Easy Written-By – George* 2:30 A4 On Your Way Down Written-By – Toussaint* 5:31 A5 Kiss It Off Written-By – George* 2:56 B1 Fool Yourself Written-By – Tackett* 3:10 B2 Walkin All Night Written-By – Payne*, Barrere* 3:35 B3 Fat Man In The Bathtub Written-By – George* 4:29 B4 Juliette Written-By – George* 3:20 B5 Lafayette Railroad Written-By – Payne*, George* 3:40 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Published By – Naked Snake Music Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. Published By – Marsaint Music, Inc. Published By – Oceania Music Credits Acoustic Guitar – Fred Tackett Backing Vocals – Bonnie Bramlett, Bonnie Raitt, Daring Dan Hutton*, Debbie Lindsey, Gloria Jones, Stephanie Spurville*, Trett Fure*  Bass – Kenny Gradney Congas – Sam Clayton Cover, Artwork, Design – Neon Park Drums, Vocals – Richard Hayward*  Guitar, Cowbell, Vocals – Lowell George Guitar, Vocals – Paul Barrere Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer – Bill Payne Management – Cavallo-Ruffalo Inc.*  Photography By [Portraits] – Chick Strand Producer – Lowell George Synthesizer – Malcolm Cecil Tabla – Milt Holland  

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL POLY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   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.

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.