Look Sharp! 180G LP (OUT OF STOCK) – Intervention Records
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Look Sharp! 180G LP (OUT OF STOCK)

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Original Release Date: 1979
Original Label: A&M Records

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  • 100% Analog Mastering From Real Analog Tapes!
  • Mastered by Kevin Gray At CoHEARent Audio
  • Ultra-Quiet 180-Gram Vinyl Pressed At RTI
  • Beautiful "Old-Style" Jacket Printed By Stoughton

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Look Sharp! is sourced from the best tape currently available, a beautifully preserved ½” “safety copy” of the original stereo master. When mastering this LP we compared what we were getting off the tape to an original A&M UK LP. While great sounding overall, the original LP is of course a very edgy sounding New Wave, post-punk record with a brashness that borders on being outright bright sounding. Where the aggressive top -end energy is concerned, the tapes showed no discernible age! We were able to maintain that grungy edge, but also restore the driving bass lines and bottom-end foundation that were on these tapes. The result is the best-sounding Look Sharp! anyone’s ever heard, with all the drive and pop of the original UK release, but with superb tonal balance, imaging and clarity. The definitive issue of this iconic New Wave classic!

Side One

  • 1
    One More Time
    03:15
  • 2
    Sunday Papers
    04:18
  • ► ▎▎
    Is She Really Going Out With Him?
    03:33
  • 4
    Happy Loving Couples
    03:07
  • 5
    Throw It Away
    02:48

Side Two

  • 1
    Baby Stick Around
    02:35
  • 2
    Look Sharp
    03:22
  • ► ▎▎
    Fools In Love
    03:10
  • 4
    (Do The) Instant Mash
    03:10
  • 5
    Pretty Girls
    02:54
  • 6
    Got The Time
    02:52

Mastering Notes

Look Sharp! is sourced from the best tape currently available, a beautifully preserved ½” “safety copy” of the original stereo master. When mastering this LP we compared what we were getting off the tape to an original A&M UK LP. While great sounding overall, the original LP is of course a very edgy sounding New Wave, post-punk record with a brashness that borders on being outright bright sounding. Where the aggressive top -end energy is concerned, the tapes showed no discenible age! We were able to maintain that grungy edge, but also restore the driving bass lines and bottom-end foundation that were on these tapes. The result is the best-sounding Look Sharp! anyone's ever heard, with all the drive and pop of the original UK release, but with superb tonal balance, imaging and clarity. The definitive issue of this iconic New Wave classic!

Release Notes

  • Format: 180-Gram Single 33 Pressed at RTI
  • Jacket: Old-Style Single Jacket Printed by Stoughton
  • IR Catalog: IR-005
  • UPC: 684334915584

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