Hot Stamper Pressings that Feature the Violin
Many years ago we wrote:
This is a very old review and it’s doubtful we would not prefer the right Shaded Dog pressing these days.
That turned out to be the case, as we had two late-label 70s Red Seal pressings in the shootout we just did and only one of them was even passable.
A few things about the new pressings and the old commentary caught my eye.
First off, 3s is a fairly low number. The Shaded Dogs that win the shootout must be lower, which means they are either 1s or 2s. Not much to choose from there!
Secondly, the commentary you see below goes into great detail regarding what each piece found on the pressing was doing right and wrong.
It makes us sound like we knew what we were talking about when it came to this specific Red Seal pressing of the album we had played.
I assure you that we did not.
On the web I come across lots of reviews for audiophile pressings in which the writers go on for page after page about how much better the new Heavy Vinyl pressing is compared to the old record the reviewer owns.
This is no longer hard for me to understand. They are simply as lost as I used to be.