First up was a Reference Recording 45 of Mickey Hart "Rafos" one of those odd audiophile deals in plain white with only a little sticker on the cover, with some of those culturally odd mostly instrumental arrangement kind of things where sounds keep coming from all over almost enough to make you think its pure audiophile porn except it somehow manages to be involving and musically compelling in addition to being exceptionally well recorded.
And that was just the warm up.
Next up was my Super Hot Stamper of Peter Gabriel So. Damn these Stampers are amazing! Played both sides, even tracks like Sledgehammer and Big Time, heard so many times ought to be tiresome but not when they sound this good. Gabriel anguished over song order feeling that musically the album should end with In Your Eyes. But the album would play better with all that bass modulation further from the spindle. So we get it on the first track. Whatever. I'll take it.
What in the world can follow a Super Hot Stamper? A White Hot Stamper! Only one I have is the eponymous Fleetwood Mac. Side One is awesome, if uneven. Side Two is even and beyond awesome. On Landslide the guitar and vocals are so present and full and real you can't believe it.
Nothing I have to follow that. Good night.
