Mingus, Charles - Tonight at Noon - Super Hot Stamper

Mingus, Charles - Tonight at Noon - Super Hot Stamper*NOTE: This record was not noisy enough to rate our M to EX++ grade, but it's not quite up to our standards for Mint Minus Minus either. If you're looking for quiet vinyl, this is probably not the best copy for you. This vintage Atlantic pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records can barely BEGIN to reproduce. Folks, that sound is gone and it sure isn't showing signs of coming back. If you love hearing INTO a recording,

dead-sounding L & M pressings can't begin to communicate the musical values in this superb recording

(Basie's Roulette records tend to have a bad case of blary brass as a rule

Ronnie Barron – organ

Some copies of the album just sound small -- they don't extend all the way to the outside edges of the speakers

Rhapsody "Espana

Some are leaned out

The copies that tend to do the best in a shootout will have the least (or none)

Once you hear this Hot Stamper pressing

What The Best Sides Of The Cry of Love Have To Offer Is Not Hard To Hear

"The final proof of its effectiveness was on my cartridge stylus

Most of the best recordings we have ever played are exactly that -- not to be found on his list

" There is also a moderate swoosh audible in the quiet parts throughout all of side 2