Gilbert and Sullivan - Overtures / Ward - Hot Stamper

Gilbert and Sullivan - Overtures / Ward - Hot Stamper*NOTE: This record was not noisy enough to rate our M to EX++ grade, but it's not quite up to our standards for Mint Minus Minus either. If you're looking for quiet vinyl, this is probably not the best copy for you. This vintage Shaded Dog pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records can barely BEGIN to reproduce. Folks, that sound is gone and it sure isn't showing signs of coming back. If you love hearing INTO a recording,

The title of the album is the key to the sound

What We're Listening For On Moody Blue

Manzanera and their fellow travelers

Only the best vintage vinyl pressings offer the kind of Tubey Magic that was on the tapes even as late as 1983

veiled and lifeless mastering of the records produced today

The album sounds like it's recorded live in the studio

Thankfully Cooder's up to more than that

What We're Listening For On First Light

can ever begin to sound the way this record sounds

Once you hear this Hot Stamper pressing

" "Hand of Fate

We empathized with the predicament in which he now found himself