More of the Music of David Bowie
More Hot Stamper Pressings that Sound Better on the Right Reissue
This shootout listing was written sometime around 2008.
In 2008 we hadn’t discovered the right imports for this album yet — that would not happen for many more years, hence the error we made in thinking that some especially good sounding domestic copies could win a shootout.
Back then they could, but with the right pressings in the mix there is not a chance in the world that would happen now.
Just another case of live and learn. By the way, Low has much in common with another Bowie record we struggled with for years.
To be fair, some domestic pressings do end up having low-level (1.5+) Hot Stampers, but they’re rare. Our best Brits just kill ’em. We haven’t bothered with the domestic pressings in more than a decade, and why would we? The reissue imports we sell now are just too good.