Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue Label: Jet Records – JETDP 400, Jet Records – UAR 100 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Special Edition, Blue Vinyl Country: UK Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist A1 Turn To Stone 3:48 A2 It's Over 4:08 A3 Sweet Talkin' Woman 3:48 A4 Across The Border 3:52 B1 Night In The City 4:02 B2 Starlight 4:30 B3 Jungle 3:51 B4 Believe Me Now 1:21 B5 Steppin' Out 4:38 C1 Standin' In The Rain 4:20 C2 Big Wheels 5:10 C3 Summer And Lightning 4:13 C4 Mr. Blue Sky 5:05 D1 Sweet Is The Night 3:26 D2 The Whale 5:05 D3 Birmingham Blues 4:21 D4 Wild West Hero 4:40 Companies, etc. Distributed By – CBS Records Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. Credits Lacquer Cut By – Allen* Producer – Jeff Lynne Notes Special Edition Blue Vinyl Gatefold cover Die-cut card lyric inner sleeves  

UK BLUE VINYL SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVES.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. PRICE STICKER MARK ON FRONT.  INNER SLEEVES VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISCS: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. DISCDS DO NOT LOOK PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE. 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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