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Tempest – Tempest Label: Bronze – ILPS 9220, Island Records – ILPS 9220 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz-Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Gorgon 5:41 A2 Foyers Of Fun 3:38 A3 Dark House 5:00 A4 Brothers 3:35 B1 Up And On 4:18 B2 Grey And Black Vocals – Mark Clarke (2) Vocals – Mark Clarke (2) 2:26 B3 Strangeher 4:07 B4 Upon Tomorrow 6:15 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Island Records Ltd. Distributed By – Island Records Ltd. Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bronze Records Ltd. Recorded At – Air Studios Published By – Colosseum Music Ltd. Credits Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards – Paul Williams (10) Artwork [Cover Paintings] – Mati Klarwein Bass Guitar, Keyboards – Mark Clarke (2) Design [Cover And Logo] – Fabio Nicoli Drums, Percussion – Jon Hiseman Engineer – Denny Bridges, John Punter Guitar, Violin – Allan Holdsworth Photography By – Fin Costello Producer – Jon Hiseman Vocals – Allan Holdsworth, Paul Williams (10) Words By – John Edwards (tracks: B1), Jon Hiseman (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, B4), Suzy Bottomley* (tracks: B2) Written-By – Allan Holdsworth (tracks: A1 to B1), Clempson* (tracks: B4), Edwards* (tracks: B1), Hiseman* (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, B4), Clarke* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3), Bottomley* (tracks: B2) Notes Recorded in London October, November 1972 at Air London Recording Studios. ℗ 1973. Released with 1½ gatefold sleeve and cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics printed on.

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN TEXTURED FLIP-TOP SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX: SIDE A: ILPS 9220 A-3 / SIDE B: ILPS 9220 B-2.

MOTHER / STAMPER: SIDE A: 2 / GD. SIDE B: 1 / L.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. MIDDLE TOP/SIDE SMALL SEAM SPLITS. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW 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, 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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