Latest bin find.....Elton John

Slaw, I’m doing laundry right now,so i have downtime to play with my system while in between loads...good time!

I pulled out my copy of "Don't Shoot me"

Mine is a black label MCA, I haven't heard a DJM of this album. This is another I need to find a nice press.

"The actual record label is black with white printing. Both of my copies have the several pages of pictorial inserts. The original lp inner sleeve is solid black w/ MCA printed all over in white lettering."

A closer inspection of my so-so copy-
perhaps an earlier press from yours?...a single,plain looking MCA logo along with the white lettering. Actually sounds good, but random  ticks/stitches throughout.

After giving side 1 a spin, I like this album now, much more than when it was released. Definitely looking for a nicer DJM of this ablum. Or I could wait unti the stamper site has a "white hot" for $800.00!....

I admit I took the plunge on a "Hot Stamper" years ago. CSN&Y "4 Way Street" for $125.00. I want to hear something before I critique it and I figured this title would be a good one since my feeling was it would be difficult to find in good shape. ( If you need a good laugh, listen to the intro to "Don't Let It Bring You Down.)

I find it to be very transparent and has a very nice you-are-there quality. The bass could be more infectious and I wish the soundstage was slightly wider but it was a live recording from the 70's. I really have no regrets on that purchase. To be a regular Better Records customer, I'd have to be an investment banker that had little time for play.

Thinking about my most expensive lp purchases, almost 30 years ago I bought a used MOFI "Aqualung from Elusive Disc for $120.00. I still consider that to be the biggest rip-off I've experienced. Of coarse he had just separated from Chad and I guess had to build capitol. I have a long memory.

My most costly purchase when cost per song is the consideration is the 10" single song lp of Trixie Whitley "I'd Rather Go Blind". I think it was around $23.00 shipped?

Some of the UK DJMs are on semi-translucent vinyl- though it looks like normal black vinyl, if you shine a light behind it, you can see it is a dark, almost blood red color. The preferred pressings, sonically, are, if memory serves, not these translucent ones, which are somewhat later pressings. 

I admit I took the plunge on a "Hot Stamper" years ago. CSN&Y "4 Way Street" for $125.00."

slaw- my favorite neighborhood store in the past, has reported Better Record "scouts" going through his  bins.

"Thinking about my most expensive lp purchases, almost 30 years ago I bought a used MOFI "Aqualung from Elusive Disc for $120.00. I still consider that to be the biggest rip-off I've experienced. Of coarse he had just separated from Chad and I guess had to build capitol. I have a long memory."

I never got into the audiophile presses. Unless something is deemed unobtanium, I reluctantly buy a reissue(mono Beatles)


Hearing the terrible news of Walter Becker, I played my black label ABC's of "Thrill" "Countdown" and "Pretzel" Based on stamper guys description of these timeless albums, I have over $1K in just 3 records! After a few $5 trial throwaways,I think they may approach "white hot" status!