SCORPIONS, In Trance [with insert] USA EXCELLENT- LP Ulrich Roth Rudolf Schenker

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Scorpions ?– In Trance Label: RCA Victor ?– AYL1-4657 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue  Country: US Released: 1983 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Dark Lady Written-By – Roth* 3:25 A2 In Trance Written-By – Meine*, Schenker* 4:42 A3 Life's Like A River Written-By – Fortmann*, Schenker*, Roth* 3:50 A4 Top Of The Bill Written-By – Meine*, Schenker* 3:22 A5 Living And Dying Written-By – Meine*, Schenker* 3:18 B1 Robot Man Written-By – Meine*, Schenker* 2:42 B2 Evening Wind Written-By – Roth* 5:02 B3 Sun In My Hand Written-By – Roth* 4:20 B4 Longing For Fire Written-By – Schenker*, Roth* 2:42 B5 Night Lights Written-By – Roth* 3:14 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Dierks Studios Mixed At – Dierks Studios Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis Credits Bass – Francis Buchholz Cover – CoDesign/Dirichs Drums – Rudy Lenners Electric Guitar – Rudolf Schenker, Ulrich Roth Keyboards – Achim Kirschning Photography By – Michael Von Gimbut Producer – Dieter Dierks Vocals – Klaus Meine, Ulrich Roth (tracks: A1, B3)  Notes Recorded and remixed at Dierks-Studios, Germany  This album has the alternate, censored cover.  Previously released as AFL1-4128 in 1976. 

USA VINYL ALBUM WITH INSERT AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A COUPLE OF EDGE 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.