Taylor, James - One Man Dog - White Hot Stamper

Taylor, James - One Man Dog - White Hot StamperPlay "Chili Dog" here, one of our favorite tracks, and note not only the clarity and spaciousness, but the punch and life of the music. This song is supposed to be fun. The average compressed, dull copy misses the point entirely. Then skip on down to the hit at the end of the side, "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," another favorite track for testing. There's a lot of bass in the mix on this track, but the best copies keep it under control. When it

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has a penchant for over-cutting records and being heavy handed when it comes to his favorite studio tricks

Unsurprisingly

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You may remember that both of our White Hot copies were noisy this time around

Argybargy (1980)

yet still clear and crisp

this is the record that will make all your audio effort and expense worthwhile

Only the best vintage vinyl pressings offer the kind of Tubey Magic that was on the tapes in 1959

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the freedom from compression or spatial restraint of any kind -- that was somehow familiar from another shootout

They're front and center where any recording engineer worth his salt -- Elliot Scheiner and Roger Nichols in this case -- would have put them