Rollins, Sonny - Alternate Takes - Super Hot Stamper (Quiet Vinyl)

Rollins, Sonny - Alternate Takes - Super Hot Stamper (Quiet Vinyl)The album is made up of alternate takes from the Way Out West and Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders sessions, and as such there is a bit of sonic variation between these tracks and the ones on the actual albums. The best sounding songs here, particularly the material from Way Out West, can sound amazing! All Tube in 1958 The better copies are rich and tubey; many pressings were thin and modern sounding, and for that they would lose a lot of

First of all

These kinds of records are expensive and hard to come by in good shape

The title of the album is the key to the sound

it's what he does -- but the better copies keep the edge under control

We played a few decent sounding reissues from the 70s that may eventually make it to the site

rarely playing a prominent role

(Before you put them in storage or on eBay please play them against this pressing so that you can be confident in your decision to rid yourself of their insufferable mediocrity

The better pressings give you texture on the bass that you won't find on most

We take it all back

Add to that the difficulty of finding copies that are scratch-free and not too noisy and you have one tough shootout ahead of you

It wasn't ever a dealbreaker

We guarantee that none of their Heavy Vinyl LPs can hold a candle to this very record or your money back