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Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Fleetwood Mac Available Now One of our good customers had this to say about a comparison he did between a Super Hot and a White Hot pressing of Rumours. Dear Tom and Fred, White Hot Stampers are very special records. I know you know this already, but it […]


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Our Guide to Record Collecting for Audiophiles Our good customer ab_ba has some advice for those who are interested in improving the quality of their collections by acquiring more Hot Stamper pressings. I have taken the liberty of reordering and editing the various parts of his letter, mostly to focus the reader’s attention on some […]


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More of the Music of Duke Ellington This original 6-Eye Stereo pressing is doing practically everything right, with killer Nearly Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) sound from first note to last – just shy of our Shootout Winner Both of these sides are open and spacious with real depth to the soundfield and lots of […]


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More of the Music of Elvis Costello With solid Double Plus (A++) sound from start to finish, this copy is doing most everything right – fairly quiet vinyl too This early import pressing showed us a Spike we never knew existed – there was so much energy and presence that it just came jumping out […]


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Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Joni Mitchell Available Now UPDATE 2026 I wrote the commentary you see below way back in 2006. I wanted to give our customers an incentive to critically listen to the new Rhino pressing of Blue, a Heavy Vinyl reissue we actually gave out for free with every Hot […]


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