Discovered I had a One Step pressing....from 1978!

One step from good, I bet.

I have that record, got it from one of the audio reps when I sold audio.  It sounds excellent for the year but I was not then and now a fan of the LP.

I listened to it yesterday for the first time.  Really nice sound but was not one of l my favorites.  

The direct-to-disc LP still beats all LP's pressed using a recorder of any kind. Skipping the recording "step" is the biggest of them all.

Have you listened to any one step pressings? Most are of older records so hard to gauge how much info could really be put on disc in this manner. I know it’s unlikely to be able to compare a tape generation with a pressing generation, but the reality of direct to disc is extremely limiting, not practical for performers or labels, and while the results can be outstanding, it is sort of a gimmick.

One steps are practical in that any master can be used, and there isn’t a limit to number of pressings, as there would be in direct to disc (or the need to make more pressings from a stamper than would be ideal)