Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Miles Davis Available Now
Our good customer Bennett bought very expensive, top quality pressings of two killer Miles Davis albums from us recently.
His letter reads:
Hi Tom,
Last night I listened to my 2015 Mobile Fidelity 45 RPM pressing.
I couldn’t get through the first cut.
Closed, muffled and flat as a pancake. No life or energy whatsoever.
Bennett,
Agreed on all counts. My notes for their pressing read:
- Thick, dark, flat.
- Lacks air, space, presence.
- Not a bad sound but it’s not right.
Thanks for your letter,
Tom
PS
Having listened to the record more extensively, I see now I was being much too kind.
A longer review will be coming soon I hope.
Kind of Blue is an album we admit to being obsessed with — just look at the number of commentaries we’ve written about it.
Some highlights include:
- Listening tests
- Discussion of the various labels and their sound
- Letters from customers
- Discussion of the Mobile Fidelity pressing
- Our first Hot Stamper listing from 2005
- A shootout Robert Brook conducted
- The story of some luckless audiophiles who go shopping and find a copy in the bins
