Pavlov's Dog – At The Sound Of The Bell  Label: Columbia – PC 33964 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Rock Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock Tracklist A1 She Came Shining 4:24 A2 Standing Here With You (Megan's Song) 3:47 A3 Mersey 3:03 A4 Valkerie 5:22 B1 Try To Hang On 2:08 B2 Gold Nuggets 3:25 B3 She Breaks Like A Morning Sky 2:22 B4 Early Morning On 3:21 B5 Did You See Him Cry 5:36 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Produced For – Longshot Productions, Ltd. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Copyright © – CBS Inc. Published By – Ron Powell Music Ltd. Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Mixed At – Ramport Studios Mastered At – Customatrix Lacquer Cut At – Master Cutting Room Credits Acoustic Guitar, Harmony Vocals – Thomas Nickeson Bass [Fender] – Richard Stockton* Composed By – Pavlov's Dog Design – Andy Engel, John Berg Engineer – John Jansen Engineer [Assistant Mixing] – Will Reid Dick* Engineer [Assistant Recording] – Sam Ginsberg Guest, Drums – William Bruford* Guest, Guitar – Elliot Randall*, Les Nicol Guest, Mandolin – Paul Prestopino Guest, Organ – George Gerich, Mike Abene* Guest, Saxophone – Andy Mackay, Michael Brecker Guest, Strings – Mountain Fjord Orchestra* Guest, Violin – Gavyn Wright Guest, Vocals – High Wycombe Boys Choir Keyboards – David Hamilton (8) Lead Guitar – Stephen Scorfina* Management – Ron Powell (2) Mellotron, Bass, Percussion – Douglas Rayburn* Photography By – Jerry Abramowitz Producer – Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Veleno Guitar] – David Surkamp Written-By – D. Surkamp*, D. Rayburn* (tracks: A1, B3 to B5), S. Scorfina* (tracks: A3) Notes Issued with custom printed inner-sleeve with lyrics on one side, and dog illustration on the other

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME LIGHT HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS THAT NEED CLEANING OFF PRIOR TO FIRST PLAY. 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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