Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon Label: A&M Records – SP4260, A&M Records – SP 4260, A&M Records – SP-4260 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Monarch Pressing Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Pop Rock A1 Lady D'Arbanville 3:40 A2 Maybe You're Right 3:20 A3 Pop Star 4:10 A4 I Think I See The Light 4:00 A5 Trouble 2:50 B1 Mona Bone Jakon 1:38 B2 I Wish, I Wish 3:45 B3 Katmandu 3:17 B4 Time 1:26 B5 Fill My Eyes 2:58 B6 Lilywhite 3:40 Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – Δ16924 Published By – Irving Music, Inc. Arranged By [Additional Arrangements] – Del Newman Bass – John Ryan (27) Flute – Peter Gabriel Guitar [Additional] – Alun Davies Illustration [Front Cover] – Cat Stevens Lacquer Cut By – LH* Percussion – Harvey Burns Photography By – Richard Stirling Producer – Paul Samwell-Smith Written-By – Cat Stevens Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing denoted by circled MR logo stamps in runout grooves

USA BROWN LABEL FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX: [MR] Δ16924(7) STERLING SP -Repl / [MR] Δ16924-X(1) STERLING LH2 4420 REPL.

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

DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME 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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