Atkins, Chet - Hometown Guitar - Hot Stamper 74 1.5/1.5

Atkins, Chet - Hometown Guitar - Hot Stamper 74 1.5/1.5*NOTE: There is a superficial mark at the start of track 5 on side 2, "Pickin' Pot Pie," that does not play and cannot be heard. This vintage RCA 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, actually being able to "see" the performers, and feeling as if you are sitting in the studio with

When you can hear them that way

This Capitol pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records rarely even BEGIN to reproduce

If for some reason you don’t have a good recording of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Overtures

The richness on this record is already baked-in

something that is not easy to come by on any Creedence record

and we take away a lot of points for both

This is one of my favorite albums

90% or more of the stuff I hear around town makes me appreciate what I have at home

They either sound bad (most of them) or they’re noisy (the rest)

Some copies manage to take the Moodies’ wonderful music to another level

and after shooting out the Hot Stamper Hoy-Hoys

and that's saying something