Hot Stamper Pressings of New Wave Recordings
Reviews and Commentaries for the Music of The Cars
As far as we know, this is the only New Wave rock record with DEMO DISC sound ever made. We’re talking huge amounts of dynamic energy, tons of bass, a luscious midrange, all topped with a sweetly extended high end. I always knew there were superb sounding copies of this album, but I honestly had no idea they any could sound like this. There is only one copy that earned our coveted Triple Plus designation for both sides, and this is it. As Good As It Gets.
One other copy received a Triple Plus on side one, but this copy was still a step up from it. We hold the line at three pluses but three doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. This record is really just plain off the charts.
On our two day journey through this shootout we discovered that Candy-O only offers two things on its menu*:
1) Open Top Sandwich – extended and open top end with no bass
2) Topless Tacos – driving solid punchy bass with no real top
But here’s Today’s Special:
Delicious Combo Platter – a sampling of the highest highs, the deepest punchiest bass, and the most open transparent mids, all beautifully laid out on a slab of vinyl, a veritable feast for the ears. Ahem.
(*all items come with free side of shipping when ordered from our mailer.)
What other New Wave band ever recorded an album with this kind of DEMONSTRATION QUALITY sound? It positively JUMPS out of the speakers.
No album by Blondie, Television, The Talking Heads or ANY of their contemporaries can begin to compete with this kind of sound.
The Cars very own first album is excellent, but it doesn’t have this kind of LIFE and ENERGY. No way, no how.
If you have big dynamic speakers and like to rock, you can’t go wrong here. Neil Young albums have the Big Rock sound, and if you’re more of a Classic Rock kind of listener, that’s a good way to go. We’re behind you all the way, just check out the commentary for Zuma. For a band with thin ties, leather jackets, jangly guitars, synths and monstrously huge floor toms that fly back and forth across the soundstage, Candy-O is the girl for you, no doubt about it.