Jon Hassell / Brian Eno – Fourth World Vol. 1 - Possible Musics

My copy has the same runouts (PVC 7919 - A) as the test pressing with the STERLING and HuB included. No EGS 107 at all but everything else Is a match to this version.

If Jon Hassell has touched it, it has become golden. My favorite Eno album.

Anyone know why this pressing is so sought after? Just catalogued my copy and was surprised

I'll need to do a proper A/B test but upon initial spin, this Glitterbeat release might be better than my OG US pressing. Nicely done.

I have never heard of "Glitterbeat" records but this is a fantastic reissue. Flat, perfectly quiet and the mastering adds a better tonal balance than any of the online streams I have heard of this album. Don't sleep on this version if you can find it.

This, as with most Japanese vinyl, is the go to pressing. Stunning audio quality.

a real masterpiece, which stands the test of time, it is simply timeless. jon hassell and brian eno was a perfect team to exploring new unheard sounds and textures, very atmospheric and much deeper than most of the worldmusic and ambient records out there. it is also my favourite album of the 4th world series. delta rain dream is a standout track, haunting, emotinal, atmospheric, deeeep...it sounds like a real album, although there are a lot of different musicians on the tracks. a kind of ethno ambient jazz, no other record sounds like this one, it is really unique.
funfact: i have a vinyl copy of eno's music for films, which has the first side of this record on side 2....a false pressing. i was happy to find these tracks here.
this is serious, pioneering music! r.i.p., jon.

Very interesting, otherworldly music, with heavily treated trumpet and the usual strong ambient vibes from Eno.

Ancient urban environments rich in interconnections, full of intricacies and inhabited by keepers of tradition.

RIP Jon Hassell. This was a groundbreaking ambient jazz album!