TERJE RYPDAL, Descendre [ECM] ROBERT LUDWIG Masterdisk USA 1st pressing EXC- LP

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Terje Rypdal – Descendre Label: ECM Records – ECM-1-1144, Warner Bros. Records – ECM-1-1144 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1980 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Fusion, Contemporary Jazz Tracklist A1 Avskjed 5:44 A2 Circles 11:15 A3 Descendre 3:11 B1 Innseiling 7:57 B2 Men Of Mystery 8:25 B3 Speil 8:25 Companies, etc. Copyright © – ECM Records GmbH Phonographic Copyright ? – ECM Records GmbH Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Distributed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Record Company – Warner Communications Published By – Manuskript Recorded At – Talent Studio Lacquer Cut at – Masterdisk Pressed By – Wakefield Manufacturing – 36792 Credits Composed By [All Compositions By] – Terje Rypdal Drums, Percussion – Jon Christensen Engineer – Jan Erik Kongshaug Guitar, Keyboards, Flute – Terje Rypdal Lacquer Cut By – RL* Photography By [Cover Photos], Design – Dieter Rehm Photography By [Liner Photography] – Gérard Amsellem Producer [Produced By] – Manfred Eicher Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Keyboards – Palle Mikkelborg Notes Recorded March 1979 at Talent Studios, Oslo Published by Manuskript - TONO An ECM Production © ? 1980 ECM Records GmbH Made in U.S.A. Printed in U.S.A. 

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW 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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