Whats on your turntable tonight?

This Mortal Coil ‎- Filigree & Shadow (4AD 1986)

@tomic601 Roy's not everyone's cup of ale. How did you do?

Uber - I love a deal like the next guy but running Mohawks on the Ferrari while frugal makes for a crappy lap time... ha

i think @bdp24 and I are in complete agreement on hot stampers that with statistical certainty they do exist but finding them is the difficult part... the sample size is tiny... but hey, IF there is a return policy, dip the toe into the water..  for a while, Charlie was all accolades.... I think he found another girl....

@noromance i enjoyed it - although I had a flashback to American Prayer with the full second side Lord’s Prayer... but it fit the mood.

made me wonder about Zep chemistry exacting genius from Page that seems largely missing... but I am interested enough to give some of his more lauded work a chance - your recommendation?

@uberwaltz,

I own (1), I can’t remember if is was a Hot Stamper (most likely) or a WHS. It’s "4 Way Street". At the time, I thought finding a clean copy of that title would be a long, hard road. Of course, last year, there was the great 3lp remaster of it.

My better records copy does sound good ($125.00). The remaster blows it away $40.00.

Tom Port’s mentor in the ( hot stamper) revolution is Robert Pinkus (forgive me if I have his name misspelled) who is the guy behind Impex Records.....which sound fantastic! Those two guys and Steve Hoffman worked together at one point in time.

Unless you’re a wall street banker or millercarbon, I wouldn’t go down that rabbit hole just from the expense side of it.