Black Sabbath - Mob Rules - Hot Stamper

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules - Hot StamperThis vintage Warner Brothers 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, actually being able to "see" the performers, and feeling as if you are sitting in the studio with the band, this is the record for you. It's what vintage all analog recordings are known for this sound. If you

The really good RVG jazz pressings sound shockingly close to live music -- uncompressed

the copies that sound the most like "master tapes" and the least like "old records

Hank Crawford and dozens of others

Eddie Kramer

this one is hard to beat

Most copies have a phony MoFi-like top end boost in the 10k region that we found irritating as hell

(For that we recommend the 2 LP box set with Ansermet

Chris Thomas and John Punter

It’s the most consistent album of theirs overall and has wonderful high points in "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music

Roy Wallace the engineer for these sessions from April of 1957 in Geneva’s glorious Victoria Hall

I'm guessing this statement does not comport well with your own experience

For Big Production Synth-Pop 80s Classics such as this killer Eurythmics album