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Andrew Gold Andrew Gold Super Hot Stamper!
(Item #: gold_andre_0909)
by Asylum Records
 Our Price: $149.99

About five years ago we wrote in the commentary for his second album that Andrew Gold's first album was his best, that it was a real Desert Island Disc for me and that we would have nice clean open copies on the site soon. Well, it may have taken us five years to pull it off but here they are -- Hot Stampers for Gold's self-titled Masterpiece. And let us not forget that it's one of the best engineering jobs Val Garay (Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor) ever committed to analog tape as well.

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Andrew Gold Andrew Gold Super Hot Stamper!
(Item #: gold_andre_0909_1)
by Asylum Records
 Our Price: $99.99

As audiophiles we all know that the sound and the music are inseparable. My comments for this side two note how spacious and present and full of energy it is. After dropping the needle on a dozen or so copies, all originals by the way, you KNOW when the music is working its magic and when it's not. As with any pop album there are always some tracks that sound better than others, but when you find yourself marvelling at how well-written and well-produced a song is, you know that the sound is doing what it needs to do. It's communicating the Musical Values of the material. This Super Hot Stamper side two brings this music to LIFE.

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Art Garfunkel Breakaway Super Hot Stamper!
(Item #: garfubreak_1009)
by Columbia Records
 Our Price: $199.99

SUPERB SOUND on BOTH SIDES! We just finished a big shootout for this TAS-list favorite and this original Columbia LP earned some of the highest marks to be given out. A copy like this really EARNS its TAS List credentials. The big testing points for this album are clarity, breathiness, tonality and transparency. The judges were unanimous: on both sides this copy acquited itself beautifully in all respects.

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Badfinger Straight Up Super Hot Stamper!
(Item #: badfistrai_0110_1)
by Apple Records Domestic LP
 Our Price: $199.99

This SUPER HOT STAMPER Straight Up is KILLER, with A++ to A+++, the runner up to the best copy we played in our shootout for side one. The sound here just JUMPS out of the speakers, which is exactly what the best copies of the album are supposed to (but rarely) do. The top end is extended and tonally correct; in the midrange the jangly guitars and fat British snare sound are right on the money. The vocal choruses are transparent and sweet. With a little more bass foundation this copy would have been hard to beat for Overall Rock Sound. For fans of the band -- and Power Pop in general -- this is a Straight Up that really gets the job done, (at least on side one).

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Badfinger Straight Up White Hot Stamper!
(Item #: badfistrai_0110)
by Apple Records Domestic LP
 Our Price: $249.99

This WHITE HOT STAMPER Straight Up is the new Champion, with A Triple Plus sound on side one. Side one has Master Tape Sound, the kind that we like to call AGAIG -- As Good As It Gets. This copy has PRESENCE in the midrange that no other copy could begin to compete with. The sound here just JUMPS out of the speakers, which is exactly what the best copies of the album are supposed to (but rarely) do. For fans of the band -- and Power Pop in general -- this is the Straight Up you have been waiting for!

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Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular White Hot Stamper!
(Item #: bobanthrow_0110)
by RCA LP
 Our Price: $299.99

It's been nearly two years but the waiting is over -- we've found another copy of the famous Bob and Ray on Living Stereo with DEMONSTRATION QUALITY SOUND! Without a doubt this is the best sound I have ever heard for side one of this album. The sound here is so amazing I'm willing to go out on a limb and make the following recklessly bold statement. Buck Dance on this pressing has the most extended, natural and harmonically correct high frequencies I have ever heard from my speakers (or anyone else's for that matter).

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Bob Dylan Bob Dylan White Hot Side Two!
(Item #: dylanbobdy_1009)
by Columbia Records
 Our Price: $199.99

This is a fairly quiet 360 Label pressing with a side two that is RIGHT ON THE MONEY. We played a bunch of copies recently and this was the side two that just couldn't be beat. The sound is richer and fuller with more extension up top than we heard elsewhere. And that's not all! It's also dynamic, lively, and tonally correct from top to bottom. The clarity is superb and even the harmonica sounds good. There's tons of ambience -- you can really hear the sound of the room around Dylan's vocals. I don't think you can find a better side two no matter what you do!

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Bryan Ferry These Foolish Things White Hot Stamper!
(Item #: ferrythese_0110)
by Warner Brothers LP
 Our Price: $199.99

AN AMAZING COPY OF THIS VERY FUN ALBUM! We had a nice stack of British copies and this one had an unbeatable A+++ side one backed with a killer A++ - A+++ side two, both on very quiet vinyl. Anyone who digs Roxy Music or Bowie's Pin-Ups is going to find a lot to like here. Check out the cool cover of A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall that kicks off side one!

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Caldera Sky Islands Super Hot Stamper!
(Item #: caldeskyis_0210)
by Capitol Records
 Our Price: $149.99

This Super Hot Stamper Caldera album has DEMO DISC SOUND, big and bold, wall to wall and then some! Listen to the monster drum at the opening of Sky Islands -- it’s not deep like the bass drum in an orchestra, but it’s solid, punchy and way up front in the mix where it really grabs your attention right from the get go. It’s the perfect introduction to a band that wants to get in your face and knock you over with the power and energy of their music. The immediacy of the recording is like standing at the front of the stage where the music is its loudest and clearest, exactly where I like to be!

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