Caravan – In The Land Of Grey And Pink images
Label: London Records – PS 593
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Shelley Press, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist
A1 Golf Girl 5:00
A2 Winter Wine 7:35
A3 Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly) 3:03
A4 In The Land Of Grey And Pink 4:59
Nine Feet Underground (22:40)
B1a Nigel Blows A Tune
B1b Love's A Friend
B1c Make It 76
B1d Dance Of The Seven Paper Hankies
B1e Hold Grandad By The Nose
B1f Honest I Did!
B1g Disassociation
B1h 100% Proof
Companies, etc.
Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited
Printed By – Queens Litho
Published By – Burlington Music Corp.
Published By – Aristocrat Music
Recorded At – Air Studios
Recorded At – Decca Studios
Mixed At – Air Studios
Mixed At – Decca Studios
Designed At – ROC Advertising
Pressed By – Shelley Products
Credits
Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Richard Sinclair
Bells, Effects [Cannon, Wind] – David Grinsted*
Composed By – Sinclair*, Hastings*, Coughlan*, Sinclair*
Design, Art Direction – Joe McGillicuddy
Drums, Percussion – Richard Coughlan
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Pye Hastings
Engineer [Assistant at A.I.R. London Studios] – Alan Harris (tracks: A1 to A4)
Engineer [Assistant at Decca Studios] – David Baker*
Engineer [Overdubbing] – David Grinsted* (tracks: A2, B1a to B1h), Derek Varnals (tracks: B1a to B1h)
Engineer [Re-mix at Decca Studios] – Peter Rynston (tracks: A3)
Engineer [Rhythm Track, Re-mix] – David Grinsted* (tracks: A2, B1a to B1h)
Engineer, Recorded By [at Air Studios] – John Punter (tracks: A1 to A4)
Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Jimmy Hastings
Illustration [Cover] – Anne Marie Anderson
Mixed By [at Air Studios] – John Punter (tracks: A1, A4)
Organ, Piano, Mellotron, Harmony Vocals – David Sinclair
Producer – David Hitchcock
Notes
Shelley Products pressing variant with "SH" suffix appearing in label matrix.
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: ZAL 10424 Shelley S 5-5-71 / SIDE B: ZAL 10425 Shelley S 5-5-71.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER BUMPS. INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, JUST A COUPLE OF OUTER EDGE FINGERPRINTS. LOOKS PLAYED ONLY ONCE OR TWICE. CLEAN LABELS. These original London Shelley pressings sound second only to the very rare UK brown Deram copies.
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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