Top Artists – Traffic

Traffic – Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory

More Traffic

More Steve Winwood

Import versus domestic? You would be hard pressed to find better sound than on the best of these DOMESTIC pressings, and that includes Low Spark of High Heeled Boys!

We just finished a huge shootout for this album and didn’t find a copy that could hold a candle to this one in the huge stack we played. This may not be the best Traffic album ever, but on a copy that sounds this good it’s very enjoyable and certainly an impressive sonic spectacular. 

Side one earned an A+++ grade and side two was close behind at A++. The vocals sound just right and the percussion is full of energy, which really kicks up the excitement here. Check out how open, spacious and transparent the soundfield is, letting you appreciate everything that’s going on musically. (more…)

Letter of the Week – “Steve Winwood’s voice sounds great on this copy, not strained or harsh.”

More of the Music of Traffic

More of the Music of Steve Winwood

One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:

Hey Tom, 

Tom, had a couple of copies of Traffic’s Shootout at the Fantasy Factory on hand but none of them came even close to this Hot Stamper copy that I purchased from you.

Steve Winwood’s voice sounds great on this copy, not strained or harsh. All of the instruments sound great too.

I want to thank you and The Better Records Crew for all the time and dedication that it takes to find such wonderful recordings as this.

Jim S.