Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Led Zeppelin Available Now
One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:
Hey Tom,
Thanks again!
Got the White Hot ELP s/t Friday afternoon as I was leaving for a weekend at the Capital Audio Fest in Bethesda Maryland but had no time to listen to it at home so brought it and the Led Zep 2 White Hot I bought from you a year or so back with me to the show with the intention of playing it on some of the crazy systems being demo’ed at the show.
The majority of participants demo their systems with Mofi and other heavy vinyl reissues. Rarely will you hear old vinyl.
Saturday night in the “main room” where VAC and Von Schweikert were partnering and demo-ing their million dollar system, there was a presentation by Greg Weaver (a friend of mine) and the theme was great sounding prog rock.
After a few records – all reissues, Greg turns to the 30 or so of us and asked what we wanted to hear next. The guy behind me shouts out “Zep 2 Robert Ludwig hot mix!” and of course he didn’t have it but that was my opening and I took it – “I have it upstairs and happy to bring it down!”
Greg of course said “sure!” so I ran up to my room and grabbed the Zep 2 AND the ELP I just got from you but never played.
The Zep 2 was a revelation to many – some people moved closer to take it all in, it was everything you would have expected and beyond, an unforgettable highlight for all! One guy had me pose with him holding the record after it was done, lol!
Greg was excited to see the ELP too and put it on next. He gave a little history about the band and its members and then dropped the needle.
All I can say is that it was a “Holy Shit!” moment for EVERYONE in the room. Maybe, no…without a doubt, the best record I and many there had ever heard in our lives, coming thru a million dollar system and utterly blowing our minds. What an INSANE sounding record!
No one in that room will ever forget it.
My complements to the chefs at Better Records for making this incredible experience possible.
Mike
Mike,
Wow, what a letter! Thanks for the demo. I can imagine it is quite a shock for these folks to hear a real record after so many Heavy Vinyl imposters. Hearing is believing, right?
Best and thanks again for the awesome demonstration.
TP
(Part Two of this letter is can be seen here.)
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