B.B. King ‎– L.A. Midnight Label: ABC Records ‎– ABCX-743 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo  Country: US Released: 1972 Genre: Blues Style:   Tracklist  A1 I Got Some Help I Don't Need 5:42 A2 Help The Poor 3:30 A3 Can't You Hear Me Talking To You 3:19 A4 Midnight 8:14 B1 Sweet Sixteen 7:01 B2 (I Believe) I've Been Blue Too Long 4:50 B3 Lucille's Granny 7:53 Credits Bass – Brian Garofalo* (tracks: A1, B2), Ron Brown (tracks: A3, A4, B3), Wilbert Freeman (tracks: A2, B1)  Congas – Victor Feldman (tracks: A2, A3)  Drums – Bob Morin (tracks: A1, B2), Earl Palmer (tracks: A3, A4, B3), Sonny Freeman (tracks: A2, B1)  Guitar – B.B. King, Jesse Davis* (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3), Joe Walsh (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Mel Brown(tracks: A2, B1), Randy Wolfe (tracks: A3, B2), Taj Mahal (tracks: B2)  Harmonica – Taj Mahal (tracks: A3)  Organ – John Turk (2) (tracks: A3)  Piano – Cliff Coulter* (tracks: A3), Paul Harris (2) (tracks: A1, B2), Ron Levy (tracks: A2, B1), Victor Feldman (tracks: A1, A4, B3)  Producer – Ed Michel Saxophone – Earl Turbinton (tracks: A2, B1), Louis Hubert (tracks: A2, B1), Plas Johnson (tracks: A1, B3), Red Holloway (tracks: A1, B3)  Tambourine – Cliff Coulter* (tracks: A2), Sandy Konikoff (tracks: B3)  Trombone – Joe Burton* (tracks: A2, B1)  Trumpet – Bobby Bryant (tracks: A1, B3), John Browning (tracks: A2, B1)  Tuba – Red Callendar* (tracks: A1, B2, B3)  Vocals – B.B. King Notes Red Callender misspelled Red Callendar in credits Randy California credited by his real name, Randy (Craig) Wolfe Covers have a "Promotional Not For Sale" sticker on front.  White labels.  

USA WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN TEXTURED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+, JUST SHORT OF EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND 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.   




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