Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Tchaikovsky Available Now
We used to like the Classic Records pressing of LSC 2241 a lot more than we do now, a case of live and learn.
Our tube system from the 90s was very different from the one we are using now.
That system was noticeably darker and by all accounts far less revealing when we had auditioned the Classic sometime in the 90s, and those two qualities did most of the heavy lifting needed to disguise its shortcomings. We mistakenly noted:
HP put the Shaded Dog pressing (the only way it comes; there is no RCA reissue to my knowledge) on his TAS List of Super Discs, and with good reason: it’s wonderful!
The rest of our commentary still holds up though:
But for some reason he also put the Classic Records Heavy Vinyl reissue on the list, and that record’s not even passable, let alone wonderful. It’s far too lean and modern sounding, and no original Living Stereo record would ever sound that way, thank goodness.