ROLLING STONES, Exile On Main St. MONARCH USA EXCELLENT- 2LP [Tumbling Dice]

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  The Rolling Stones ?– Exile On Main St. Label: Rolling Stones Records ?– COC 2-2900 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold, W logo, MO matrix  Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock Tracklist  A1 Rocks Off 4:33 A2 Rip This Joint 2:24 A3 Shake Your Hips 2:58 A4 Casino Boogie 3:30 A5 Tumbling Dice 3:30 B1 Sweet Virginia 4:25 B2 Torn And Frayed 3:40 B3 Sweet Black Angel 3:05 B4 Loving Cup 4:22 C1 Happy 3:00 C2 Turd On The Run 2:33 C3 Ventilator Blues 3:20 C4 I Just Want To See His Face 3:15 C5 Let It Loose 5:17 D1 All Down The Line 3:50 D2 Stop Breaking Down 4:34 D3 Shine A Light 4:15 D4 Soul Survivor 3:50 Companies, etc. Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. Credits Producer – Jimmy Miller Notes Reissue/repress in gatefold sleeve with W logo on label, Monarch runouts. Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation 75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10019 A Warner Communicatons Company 

USA MID-to-LATE 1970s PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVES.

MATRIX:  ROLLING STONES RECORD ST-RS-722507-CC MR ?23907 2 PR ARTISAN LOGO / ROLLING STONES RECORDS ST-RS-722508A MR ?23907-X 2 PR ARTISAN LOGO / ROLLING STONES RECORDS ST-RS-722509-BB MR ?24021  PR ARTISAN LOGO / ROLLING STONES RECORDS ST-RS-722510-HH MR AT/? ?24021-X  1 PR ARTISAN LOGO.

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

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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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