Washington, Grover - All The King's Horses - Nearly White Hot Stamper

Washington, Grover - All The King's Horses - Nearly White Hot Stamper*NOTE: There is a superficial white dot about 1 2 way into track 1 on side 2, "Lean on Me," that does not play and cannot be heard. These Nearly White Hot Stamper pressings have top quality sound that's often surprisingly close to our White Hots, but they sell at substantial discounts to our Shootout Winners, making them a relative bargain in the world of Hot Stampers ("relative" meaning relative considering the prices we charge). We feel you get what

This means it has a quality sorely at odds with the vast majority of audiophile pressiings

They are also much more likely to have better surfaces

And how many even dedicated audiophiles would have more than one of two clean vintage pressings with which to do a shootout

and plenty of copies that are just too dark or flat sounding for anyone to enjoy

with the all-important bite that really brings their various characters to life

What We're Listening For On Winds In Hi-Fi

or there is too much compression

Bright and Breezy is a recording that belongs in any serious jazz collection

Tube smear is common to most pressings from the 50s and 60s

Bass – Earl May

This is one of the Demo Discs on the TAS List which truly deserves its status when

Their music is sophisticated and innovative