Various Artists - Ritual Fire Dance / Entremont - Nearly White Hot Stamper

Various Artists - Ritual Fire Dance / Entremont - Nearly White Hot StamperThese 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 you pay for here at Better Records, and if ever you don't agree, please feel free to return the record for a full refund, no

the genius behind Taking Tiger Mountain

At least on some copies the bass has the kind of power that brings a song like Take Me To the River to heights you probably never imagined it could go

the players tend to sound carefree and loose -- you can tell they're having a heck of a time with the material

seam wear and edge wear

When you hear a copy that does all that

It's not a trick question

Not our sound

They're front and center where any recording engineer worth his salt -- Martin Birch in this case -- would put them

Spaciousness (the best copies have wonderful studio ambience and space)

The sound is a perfect fit for the music

you are about 80 to 85% of the way toward a Hot Stamper

And a copy like this one takes the entire production to a whole new level