Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Phil Manzanera Available Now
You may recall reading this bit about Rhett Davies‘ superb engineering on Dire Straits’ debut:
“…until something better comes along, this is his Masterpiece.
It has to be one of the best sounding rock records ever made, with Tubey Magical mids, prodigious bass, transparency and freedom from hi-fi-ishness and distortion like few rock recordings you have ever heard.”
Well, something better has now come along, and it’s called Diamond Head.
It has some of the biggest, boldest sound we have ever heard. Diamond Head isn’t known as an audiophile album but it should be — the sound is glorious — wall to wall, floor to ceiling, and as rich and dynamic as it gets.
It’s clearly a big speaker Demo Disc. Play this one as loud as you can. The louder you play it, the better it sounds.
The best copies have room shaking deep bass with the kind of whomp that can drive this music to practically unexplored heights.