Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of The Who Available Now
It’s not just bass that separates the real thing from the Classic Reissue. It’s weight, fullness, the part of the frequency range from the lower midrange to the upper bass, the area spanning roughly 150 to 600 cycles.
It’s what makes Daltry’s voice sound full and rich, not thin and modern.
It’s what makes the drums solid and fat the way Glyn Johns intended.
The good copies of Who’s Next and Quadrophenia have plenty of muscle in this area, and so do the imports we played.
But not the Classic. Oh no, so much of what gives Who By Numbers its Classic Rock sound has been equalized right out of the Heavy Vinyl reissue by Chris Bellman at BG’s mastering house.