Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of The Moody Blues Available Now
One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased a while ago. [Bolding and italics added.]
Hey Tom,
Just thought I’d drop you a line on the two albums I just received yesterday. I had some free time on my hands today so I was able to do some comparisons.
I have an original Days of Future Passed, which sounds about as dull as they come.
I have that reissue I bought from you years ago [no doubt the Speakers Corner Heavy Vinyl pressing] and the MoFi.
The reissue was pleasing to the ear but lacked that lifeforce which makes listening to records so involving.
The MoFi was always my favorite, but with this Super Hot Stamper I was hearing the whole recording studio.
There was a lot more depth and realism which I didn’t hear in the other records.
The Level 42 World Machine was always a fun record to listen to. The CD was just bright and bass heavy, so I bought an import lp off you years ago. It sounded pretty good until you turned it up, then it became so shrill I had to turn it back down.
The Super Hot Stamper sounds great and I can turn it up as loud as I want.
The sound stage is deep and believable which for an 80’s record is a rarity.
That Simply Red Picture Book Super Hot Stamper I purchased last year was a gem also.
Shane
Shane,
Thanks so much for your letter.
If you have an original domestic pressing, you definitely have a dull record. It’s made from a dub tape and sounds smeary and dark. This is, of course, the one we all owned back in the day unless you were one of those crazy people who ordered imported pressings from your local record store and waited weeks if not months for them to show up from across the sea.
The Speakers Corner pressing I used to sell was a good record, not a great one. (It was made from the remixed tapes since the masters had long ago been damaged or lost.)
Like many of their reissues, it was tonally correct, something most Heavy Vinyl pressings could not claim to be.
The MoFi I used to like somewhat. No idea what I would think of it now. Phony up top I’m guessing. I can’t think of a single Stan Ricker-mastered MoFi title that doesn’t have a boosted top end, so the chances of Days of Future Passed being the exception are remote.
Either way, as you and I both know, the real deal can’t be beat.
Best, TP
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