RADIOHEAD, OK Computer UK pressed for USA 2LP Paranoid Android/No Surprises

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 Radiohead ?– OK Computer Label: Capitol Records ?– 7243 8 55229 1 8, Parlophone ?– 7243 8 55229 1 8 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 02 Sep 2008 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Alternative Rock, Experimental Tracklist A1 Airbag 4:44 A2 Paranoid Android 6:23 A3 Subterranean Homesick Alien 4:27 B1 Exit Music (For A Film) 4:24 B2 Let Down 4:59 B3 Karma Police 4:21 C1 Fitter Happier 1:57 C2 Electioneering 3:50 C3 Climbing Up The Walls 4:45 C4 No Surprises 3:48 D1 Lucky 4:19 D2 The Tourist 5:24 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd. Credits Arranged By [Strings] – Radiohead Artwork – Matt Bale, Mr. Barry, Stanley Donwood, The White Chocolate Farm Conductor – Nick Ingman Featuring [Studio Assistant] – Chris Scard, Gerard Navarro, Jon Bailey Mastered By – Chris Blair Mixed By – Nigel Godrich Recorded By – Nigel Godrich, Radiohead Songwriter – Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke Notes Capitol logo bottom left corner rear cover Parlophone on record labels See images On spine: 7243 8 55229 1 8 On record labels eeny & meeny: 7243 8 55229 1 8 (7243 8 57331 1 6) On record labels miny & mo: 7243 8 55229 1 8 (7243 8 57332 1 5)  

UK PRESSED FOR USA DOUBLE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SVEELE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVES.

MATRIX: NODATA 02 A-1-1- D 85522g1 1A VINYL BLAIR I LIKE YOU, YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON / NODATA 02 B-1-1- D 85522g1 1B I'M FULL OF ENTHUSIASM I'M GOING PLACES / NODATA 02 C-1-1-  D 85522g1 1C I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU /   NODATA 02 D-1-1-  D 85522g1 1D I'M AN IMPORTANT PERSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME HOME WITH ME?

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, JUST THE LIGHTEST OF SHELF WEAR.   INNER SLEEVES EXCELLENT MINUS,  NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF 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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