More of the Music of Tony Bennett
When we last played them, nothing about these two titles was impressive. Certainly not the sound. If you’re a die-hard fan and you see one or the other for cheap, by all means, pick them up.
Those of you looking for top quality vintage vinyl should stick to the man’s better albums, of which there are some but they are very hard to come by in audiophile playing condition.
We play mediocre-to-bad sounding pressings so that you don’t have to, a public service from your record-loving friends at Better Records.
You can find these two in our Hall of Shame, along with others that — in our opinion — are best avoided by audiophiles looking for hi-fidelity sound. Some of these records may have passable sonics, but we found the music less than compelling. These are also records you can safely avoid.
We also have an Audiophile Record Hall of Shame for records that were marketed to audiophiles for their putatively superior sound. If you’ve spent any time on this blog at all, you know that these records are some of the worst sounding pressings we have ever had the displeasure to play.
We routinely play them in our Hot Stamper Shootouts against the vintage records that we offer, and are often surprised at just how bad an “audiophile record” can sound and still be considered an “audiophile record.”