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One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:
Hey Tom,
I just played your hot stamper pressing of Neil Young After the Gold Rush, and WOW! I don’t always agree with everyone else on which record pressings sound best, but this record knocked my socks off.
No doubt about this one. I compared it to a recent German/Dutch reissue, which I remember sounding better than the crappy US pressing I previously had, and the difference was amazing. The soundstage was huge, I heard instruments playing right in front of me, dynamics were great, the bass drum on Only Love Can Break Your Heart was deep and extended, guitars were full, and so on.
I hadn’t played this record in a while mainly because it was, well, a lousy recording, which is a shame because it is one of my favorite records. I am sure I will be playing this version a lot more. Too bad for those who haven’t heard this pressing.
RL
Dear RL,
I hope you would agree with us that it was never a lousy recording, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a whole lot of lousy pressings of it. The Heavy Vinyl pressing is especially bad, but what else is new? So many of them are nowadays.
TP
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