Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Peter Frampton Available Now
A while back we discussed the kind of sound that Glyn Johns managed to get for the likes of Humble Pie and The Who:
But oh what a glorious sound it is when it’s working. There’s not a trace of anything phony up top, down low or anywhere in-between. This means it has a quality sorely at odds with the vast majority of audiophile pressings, new and old, as well as practically anything recorded in the last twenty years, and it is simply this: The louder you play it, the better it sounds.
Chris Kimsey knew how to get the Big Rock Sound onto tape about as well as anybody who ever lived. His work on this album set me on a path I would would follow for the next fifty years.
Wind of Change is the very definition of a big speaker record, one that requires the highest-resolution, lowest-distortion components to bring out its best qualities. If you have a system like that, you should find much to like here.
I bought my first copy in 1972 while still in high school and it quickly became one of my favorite records.
All these years later it still is.