Queen - A Day At The Races - White Hot Stamper

Queen - A Day At The Races - White 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. Forget the dubby domestic pressings and whatever crappy Heavy Vinyl record they're making these days the UK LPs are the only way to fly. This British pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that most modern records barely begin to

After reading a rave review in Rolling Stone of the album back in 1975

as with virtually every double album we've ever played

The music owes a lot to both The Beatles as well as Harrison and McCartney as individuals

If you’re tempted to pick one up for a few bucks to hear how badly mastered their version is

and that's a good thing

all that Analog Stuff

It’s been quite a while since I played the Classic pressing

If you exclusively play modern repressings of older recordings (this one is now almost 65 years old)

and we used to sell it

They're front and center where any recording engineer worth his salt -- Martin Birch in this case -- would have put them

An added bonus: the last track on side 2

What The Best Sides Of The River Have To Offer Is Not Hard To Hear