One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:
Hey Tom,
As you know, I have been picking up quite a few live album Hot Stampers recently. Here is another great example of having to turn the volume up loud to get that “I’m at the concert” feeling.
The sound on the LP is so well-balanced tonally top to bottom with absolutely no grittiness. It just begs to be cranked up to sound its best. That Tubey Magic is oozing from the grooves.
And what a performance from Jimi. I play guitar as a hobbyist and there is a reason why we crave the tones from old tube amps and those Marshall cabs with Celestion pulsonic coned speakers.
That Tubey Magic we love in the recordings just accurately captures what was being played. Superb in every way!!
Thanks as always,
Rob
Rob, thanks for writing. We could not agree more — the sound of the best vintage pressings puts you right there in the concert hall like nothing else can.
And of course, as you say, Band of Gypsys is yet another in the long list of recordings that really comes alive when you turn up your volume.
The best early Capitol copies of this album rock harder than practically any record we’ve ever played. If you have the system for it, this amazing Eddie Kramer recording will bring a live rock concert right into your living room.
Band of Gypsys is a big speaker record. It requires a pair of speakers that can move air with authority below 250 cycles and play at fairly loud levels. If you don’t own speakers that can do that, Band of Gypsys will never really sound the way it should.
This link will take you to the Hot Stamper pressings of our hardest rockin’ albums currently available.
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