Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger

Version with both sides cut at Columbia, NY is now here: Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger.

The pictures used for this listing are of the repress and NOT the 1st press. This listing here is the 1st Pittman press https://discogs.desbloquearpagina.com/release/15680115-Willie-Nelson-Red-Headed-Stranger

According to https://discogs.desbloquearpagina.com/release/9980176-Willie-Nelson-Red-Headed-Stranger, Side 1 image here is a repress since Calische is shown for A6.

Release KC 33482 comes with a lyrics printed on white inner sleeve.

Randomly grabbed this one today for a listen. Pretty nice but a little on the compressed/harsh side. Palmaccio used to do such beautiful mastering for Polygram titles in the 90s but he gradually became one of the brick-wallers when he started working for other companies. As for the album itself, fantastic stuff and I didn't realize til I looked it up, this is the 50th anniversary year for this album, which launched Willie's "outlaw" phase which continues to this day.

This 24-bit 96-kHz remaster, issued 39 years after its debut, sounds amazing. The clarity, dynamics, and mix are perfect. The soundstage is very wide and deep, making speakers nearly disappear. Willie's vocals are located well in front of the music, like a hologram. Instruments are located with laser precision while sounding utterly natural. Excellent!

Excellent mastering by George Marino at Sterling. Never sounded this good before. Not even close.

A masterpiece pressing of a masterpiece. Rarely does it all come together with such perfection. IMPEX really puts in the time and effort and quality control. Such a great thing to see and hear these days!

Some of my favorites are impex, this is no expeption, great sounding...

One of the most beautiful albums ever made, a dynamite recording & a fantastic sounding LP.