Mancini, Henry - Charade - Super Hot Stamper

Mancini, Henry - Charade - Super Hot StamperThis vintage Living Stereo pressing gives you a healthy dose of the Tubey Magic we love here at Better Records. An added bonus: the last track on side 2, "Charade (Carousel)," has absolutely no IGD on the glockenspiel or Calliope. Few copies will not be groove damaged on that track we speak from experience here. As is usually the case with Mancinis records, some tracks sound far better than others. For us audiophiles, both the sound and the music

If you’ve played a fair number of DG recordings over the years you might not have any trouble believing how mediocre the average one is

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The demand is there

What do we love about these Living Stereo Hot Stamper pressings

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A3 & B4: Originally performed by The Yardbirds

but also because they suffer from blurry

using his musical knowledge to bring these songs back to life for an audience that barely knew they existed in the first place

check out Linda's percussion and tambourine work in the right channel of the first track on side one

who’s worked with the likes of Peter Gabriel

I remember buying this album when I was in college and I had a hell of a time trying to make any sense of it

As you would expect