One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased a while ago:
Hey Tom,
You’ve done it again. I thought the Hot Stamper copy I bought back in June sounded extraordinary. But this White Hot Stamper puts it to shame. This is truly unbelievable.
Paul’s bass on the opening track blew me away. Ringo’s drums are so strong it’s scary. I ALMOST had to turn it down (I live in a top-floor apartment and push my neighbors below me right to the edge), but screw it, this sounds so good at my regular listening volume I’ll happily put up with a complaint if I must. Hell, I’ll invite him in and put him in The Chair, and that’ll be the end of THAT.
And you weren’t kidding about George’s vocals and his sitar on Within You, Without You. That’s always been one of my least-favorite cuts on the album, but I’ll skip it no longer.
I cannot recall a purchase that’s made me happier since I went back to vinyl a year ago. It’s THAT good.
Now what am I gonna do with this Hot Stamper copy I bought back in June? It’s been played twice since you sent it. Come to think of it, I’m keeping it as an insurance policy, just in case. You never know!
Thanks, gentlemen. Exquisite, just exquisite.
Bill P.
Bill,
Fantastic news, we could not be happier for you.
Within You Without You has always been a favorite of mine. I never got around to writing about playing a very special copy many years ago, probably in 2007.
I played a copy of the album that magically — or so it seemed — created a swirling cloud of sitar harmonics floating above the speakers, close to the ceiling, something I had never heard before I hooked up the Townshend Super Tweeters and started cleaning records with the Prelude System and the Odyssey machine.
All those changes revealed top end information I had simply no idea existed on the record.
With all those changes to the system and cleaning, it was only a matter of time until the right reissue pressing came along to show me what I had never heard before.
I can still remember the experience very clearly. You never forget the feeling you get from something like that.
Right around that time I heard a pressing of Meddle with the same mind-boggling extension going all the way up into the stratosphere. That one I did write about.
White Hot Stamper pressings have long been known to have a powerful effect on those who play them. To back up everything we say, here is a sampling of some of the letters we’ve received, sounding very much like your own.