Costello, Elvis - Armed Forces - White Hot Stamper

Costello, Elvis - Armed Forces - White Hot StamperArmed Forces is one of the best sounding rock records ever made, and a copy like this is proof enough to back up that claim. The better copies are extremely transparent and silky sounding, but with unbelievably punchy, rock solid bass and drums. I would say the sound of the rhythm section of this album ranks up there with the very best ever recorded. Beyond that, the musical chops of this band at this time rank with the very best in the history of

*NOTE: Sides 1 and 2 of these records were not noisy enough to rate our M-- to EX++ grade

(Full sound is especially critical to the horns

perhaps because we played it early on in the shootout before we had learned what to listen for

can't lose our Steely Dan cool don't you know)

it comes with the territory -- it becomes harder to hear smear on your records

There's got to be a better way

Tubey Magical sound is key to the presentation of this primarily vocal music

" wrote John Marks in an article in Stereophile magazine in 2002

A Longtime Favorite

With tons of bass

If they did

" the second track and the one featuring Linda Ronstadt on background vocals