Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! Label: Regal Zonophone – SLRZ 1011, Regal Zonophone – SLRZ. 1011, Regal Zonophone – 1E 062 ◦ 90788
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Pop Rock
A1 Dear Landlord
Written-By – Bob Dylan
A2 Bird On The Wire
Written-By – Leonard Cohen
A3 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Written-By – Lloyd Price
A4 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Written-By – Lennon/McCartney*
A5 Hitchcock Railway
Written-By – Dunn*
B1 That's Your Business
Written-By – Chris Stainton, Joe Cocker
B2 Something
Written-By – George Harrison
B3 Delta Lady
Written-By – Leon Russell
B4 Hello, Little Friend
Written-By – Leon Russell
B5 Darling Be Home Soon
Written-By – John Sebastian
Record Company – E.M.I. Records
Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Produced For – Straight Ahead Productions
Record Company – New Breed Productions
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Arranged By – The Grease Band
Arranged By, Piano, Organ, Guitar – Chris Stainton
Backing Vocals – Bonnie Bramlett, Merrie Clayton*, Patrice Holloway, Rita Coolidge, Shirley Matthews*
Bass – Alan Spenner
Drums – Bruce Rowlands*, Paul Humphries*
Engineer – Brian Ingoldsby, Henry Lewy
Engineer [Remix & Master] – Glyn Johns
Guitar – Clarence White (2), Henry McCulloch*, Sneeky Pete*
Liner Notes – John Mendelsohn
Percussion – Milt Holland
Photography By [Back Cover] – Jim McCrary
Photography By [Front Cover] – Globe Photos, Inc.
Producer – Denny Cordell
Producer, Arranged By, Piano, Organ, Guitar – Leon Russell
1st pressing on red/silver Regal Zonophone label in a laminated cover.
On the label the cat.nr. appears as ''SLRZ. 1011''.
A New Breed Production
Sleeve printing date is November 1969. Phonographic copyright of recording is 1970.
UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: YCARX 61 – 1U / SIDE B: YCARX 62 – 1U.
MOTHER / STAMPER: SIDE A: 1 / A, SIDE B: 2 / GG.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER TEAR (SEE PHOTO) AND ORIGINAL STORE PRICE STICKER. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+.
DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME PLAY SCUFFS 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, 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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