Brahms - 16 Hungarian Dances / Dorati - Super Hot Stamper (With Issues)

Brahms - 16 Hungarian Dances / Dorati - Super Hot Stamper (With Issues)This vintage Mercury 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 exclusively

A few others off the top of my head would be Wes Montgomery's California Dreaming on Verve from the year before (1966

*NOTE: There is a mark that plays 25 times lightly at the end of track 3 on side 2

exactly the job we require it to do

but if you've got the goods this is one hot record

Adjust your VTA

And Fred plays it in concert (or used to anyway)

You need lots of tubey magic and freedom from distortion

which I rather like:

overdubbed pop record -- they don’t make them any other way -- but it doesn’t have to feel like one

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At least 80% of the copies we buy these days -- for many

how could you