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Letter of the Week – “From the moment the needle went down, I was blown away.”

Hot Stamper Pressings of Classic Rock Albums Available Now

One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased many, many years ago:

Hey Tom, 

Wow. Most impressive, Tom.

From the moment the needle went down, I was blown away.

Really, really happy with this record.

-g

Dear Sir,

When you hear the good British early pressings of Electric Warrior, it is clearly a Demo Disc of the highest order, with dramatically more Tubey Magic, space and richness that any record we know of made in the decade of the 80s or thereafter.

That sound is gone and it shows no sign of ever coming back.

More on the sound of the best pop and rock recordings of the Seventies here.

 

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T.Rex – Electric Warrior

More Rock Classics

  • A vintage copy of this T.Rex Glam Rock classic with killer Nearly Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) sound on both sides, just shy of our Shootout Winner – exceptionally quiet vinyl too
  • This early UK pressing is incredible, with the kind of grungy, Tubey Magical guitars that are guaranteed to blow your mind
  • It’s beyond difficult to find quiet copies of this title (same goes for The Slider), let alone those with this kind of sound, so any fan of Mr. Bolan should snap this one up and be quick about it
  • 5 stars: “The album that essentially kick-started the U.K. glam rock craze… it’s that sense of playfulness, combined with a raft of irresistible hooks, that keeps Electric Warrior such an infectious, invigorating listen today.”

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T.Rex / Electric Warrior – Our Previous Shootout Was in 2019

Hot Stamper Pressings of Albums from 1971 Available Now

UPDATE 2025

Yes, it takes us five or six years to find enough clean copies of this album with the right stampers to get a shootout going these days.

This early UK pressing is amazing, with the kind of grungy, Tubey Magical guitars that are guaranteed to blow your mind.

It’s beyond difficult to find quiet copies of this title (same goes for The Slider), let alone those with this kind of sound, so any fan of Mr Bolan should snap this one up and be quick about it.

This pressing is super spacious, sweet and positively dripping with ambience. Talk about Tubey Magic, the liquidity of the sound here is positively uncanny. This is vintage analog at its best, so full-bodied and relaxed you’ll wonder how it ever came to be that anyone seriously contemplated trying to improve it. (more…)